Yes, that’s right: Crazy. Ass. Flies. Well, it is September tomorrow. On that month, I find that the fish are incredibly difficult. Nearly all bug hatches have ended. The few still happening are small. And, the fish have seen many flies of many variations over many months. So, I try to throw flies that are
Author: Jo Tango
At the Bench: My Lucky Perdigón
Last autumn, I landed my personal best trout. It was a 22″ buck brown. I couldn’t believe my luck. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) The fish fell for a brown Perdigón with an orange hot spot. It was in a shallow riffle, most likely grazing on brookie eggs. Or,
Team USA
Fly fishing Team USA is heading to Slovakia for the World Championships. One of the anglers is Lance Egan (who invented the Rainbow Warrior and brought over the Frenchie from Europe), who also is behind the recent Modern Nymphing video. As I’ve written in the past, it is a great intro to tightlining. I bought
At the Bench: Wire-Weighted Flies
During Saturday’s Trico fest, I had really good luck with Ed Engle’s Sunken Trico Spinner while fishing for highly-pressured trout. Innocently small and slightly-weighted with wire, it sank gently down at slow seams and didn’t spook the fish. Engle writes that many savvy fish would rather take drowned bugs or emergers rather than dry flies