This video shows some great fly-tying skills and a clever way to use leftover CDC. It could be coincidence, but I’ve had good luck using CDC on both dry flies and nymphs. I think having animation for certain flies pulls in fish. CDC can be challenging to work with, but I think that is part
Author: Jo Tango
At the Vise: Sulphur Nymph
The Sulphur hatch is one of my favorites. By then, usually, trout rise willingly. It is a hatch that lasts longer than Hendricksons do. During one lights-out outing, I saw many fish staging in the shallows before the hatch and then rise everywhere as a flotilla of emergers and duns floated down. I caught many
Mr. Big on a Dry
After quite a few hours of casting with only one take to show for it (the fish rubbed me off on structure), I put down my rod and took off my chest pack. I sat on a rock and just watched the river’s endless gurgles and flows. I was thinking of going home. Some days,
At the Vise: Biot Nymph
This may not look like much. It probably isn’t. But on some days, it does well when trout are looking for Caddis, Olives, or Sulphur nymphs. It is a pretty easy tie and is very much a “guide fly” with a few materials and a little bit of finger dexterity. You just change up the