Well, it was a quick outing at the Millers River this morning. I’ve been eyeing the USGS gauges both for flows and nearby water temperature. With some of the family out of town, this seemed like a good window of opportunity. So, I went for it. I was on the water by daybreak, and I
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Pheasant Tail Variants
I’m continuing to tie flies with different colors. As I wrote yesterday, I’m doing this for experimentation, but, also, to have something different to throw to pressured fish. “Variants” have been very effective (prior post here). I think the ol’ Pheasant Tail is a great fly pattern. I like making them on barbless and curved
More on Purple
When water gets lower and the fish have seen oodles of flies, I try to throw nymphs that are a bit different. As I’ve blogged before, the color blue works well in winter (post here). I also have been working with purple (prior post here). Purple Pheasant Tails can be deadly, for example. Here is
Flashback Blue-Winged Olive Emerger
When summer kicks in, my best dropper flies tend to be small emergers. So, I am experimenting with some new colors, as I prep for our Pittsburg, NH, trip. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) Up above is a version that I hope will do well, in a size