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
Author: Jo Tango
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
Tricos at the Farmington
Well, I this morning had my first ever face-plant while fishing. Glad that’s over. It was so worth it. I awoke at 2:45 am to make a PB&J, chug some coffee and hit the road for the Farmington. I’ve not seen that pretty gal in some time, and with news of Tricos in the air,
Prepping for Tricos
With reports of Tricos starting to hatch on the Farmington, I’ve been re-loading the fly boxes. Last August, the Trico hatches and spinner falls were ridiculous. One of the best flies was Ed Engle’s Drowned Trico Spinner (prior post with a how-to video here). It features a segmented and thin body from wire, which helps