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Author: Jo Tango

Ready for Fall

August 25, 2020August 23, 2020 Jo Tango

Fellow blogger Ashu Rao had good advice. He said that we should fish on Sunday with low expectations. The water was low, temps were due to climb to 90 °F, and the trout had been pounded. We met up early in the morning with the hopes that we could intersect with Tricos, that interminably tiny

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Brown Trout,Tricos3 Comments

Flipping the Script

August 16, 2020 Jo Tango

It was the same cast and the same stage. But the script was different, as the fish didn’t cooperate. I ventured from our house yesterday at 3 am, armed with Trico dries, spinners, and lightly-weighted sunken spinners. I had tied up some ant patterns, too. It felt like the right line-up for an August fly-fishing

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Flies and fly tying,Rainbow Trout,Techniques,Tricos8 Comments

The Wild Ride

August 8, 2020August 11, 2020 Jo Tango

If you’ve ever been to Disney and have been on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, you’ll have a feel for how my fishing day went. It was filled with twists and turns and surprises around each bend. The day started innocently enough, with me awaiting a Trico hatch and spinner fall that didn’t happen. It’s early

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Brown Trout,Flies and fly tying,Rigs and leaders,Techniques13 Comments

A Father-Daughter Float on the Swift River

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020 Jo Tango

Edit: We fished an area that isn’t accessible from shore due to private property and tough access. And, it is too deep for wading. In fact, we didn’t see any shore-bound or wading anglers. Writing this in case people are concerned that Chris floats the heavily-waded areas of the Swift. He does not. I don’t

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Brook Trout,Friends and family,Swift River9 Comments
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