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March Fly of the Month: Bruce Freet Chironomids

March Fly of the Month: Bruce Freet Chironomids

March typically ushers in the first major chironomid hatches of the spring season and with them, scores of hungry trout awaken to scavenge the lake for an easy meal. Chironomids...

March Fly of the Month: Bruce Freet Chironomids

March typically ushers in the first major chironomid hatches of the spring season and with them, scores of hungry trout awaken to scavenge the lake for an easy meal. Chironomids...

Fly Fishing Report: March 2016

Fly Fishing Report: March 2016

Daffodils are popping up all around and adding a welcome touch of color to the brown and gray landscape. Spring can’t be too far around the corner. If you think...

Fly Fishing Report: March 2016

Daffodils are popping up all around and adding a welcome touch of color to the brown and gray landscape. Spring can’t be too far around the corner. If you think...

February Fly of the Month: Simple Sucka

February Fly of the Month: Simple Sucka

As a follow up to last month's time consuming yet incredibly shrimpy Prawn Solo pattern, I thought I'd share a very straight forward, efficient and very effective everyday steelhead pattern...

February Fly of the Month: Simple Sucka

As a follow up to last month's time consuming yet incredibly shrimpy Prawn Solo pattern, I thought I'd share a very straight forward, efficient and very effective everyday steelhead pattern...

Fly Fishing Report: February 2016

Fly Fishing Report: February 2016

January concluded with a thorough drenching that left most of our rivers high and muddy. Somewhere in there we found a few fishable days and with them plenty of bull...

Fly Fishing Report: February 2016

January concluded with a thorough drenching that left most of our rivers high and muddy. Somewhere in there we found a few fishable days and with them plenty of bull...

January Fly of the Month: Prawn Solo

January Fly of the Month: Prawn Solo

I have been tying some variation of this wonderful prawn pattern for the past decade and have been really pleased with its latest incarnation. The Prawn Solo remains a confidence...

January Fly of the Month: Prawn Solo

I have been tying some variation of this wonderful prawn pattern for the past decade and have been really pleased with its latest incarnation. The Prawn Solo remains a confidence...

June Fly of the Month: Big 'Ol Bass Worm

June Fly of the Month: Big 'Ol Bass Worm

We are just going to put it out there that we thoroughly enjoy fishing for bass. Aside from the shear heart-pounding contentment of watching a big gaping mouth erupt through...

June Fly of the Month: Big 'Ol Bass Worm

We are just going to put it out there that we thoroughly enjoy fishing for bass. Aside from the shear heart-pounding contentment of watching a big gaping mouth erupt through...