When I started down the Fly Fishing Rabbit Hole in 2014, like many others, I cut my teeth at the Swift River, particularly the more obvious spots like the Y Pool and the Hatchery Pipe areas (our river guides on the Swift here, here, and here). It was fun to learn indicator nymphing and dries.
Author: Jo Tango
The Streamer Game
Well, it’s begun. I knew it was inevitable, and it has taken some time. But, I’m going down The Streamer Rabbit Hole. My eyes were opened last June when fellow blogger, Ashu Rao, and I headed to Maine and landed many huge brookies (post here). The best fly? A five-inch white streamer. Here are some
Back to Basics, Part 2
Today, I decided to continue last week’s “back to basics” theme and headed for…the Swift River (our free river guide here). As you may recall, I started fly fishing more regularly in 2014 and fished the Swift to cut my teeth. After learning both indicator nymphing and “dries or die,” I eventually succumbed, like some
Gear Review: The Thomas and Thomas ‘Contact’ Six-Weight
My hands-down favorite trout fly rod of all time is the Thomas and Thomas Contact three-weight (review here). But, for high flows and bigger fish, I leave behind the 1133 and bring its bigger brother, the 1086, the Contact six-weight. I brought it last year to the Salmon River for my first steelhead trip, and