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Author: Jo Tango

Montana 2024

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 Jo Tango

It is wheels up, and I am writing this while on a flight to Montana, my happy place. The Mrs. has family based out there, and even more family has relocated to the area. My plan is pretty straightforward: fish, explore new water, get up early, eat PB&J sandwiches during the day, return late, tie

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Gallatin River,Madison River,Montana8 Comments

At the Vise: Sulphur Cripple

June 9, 2024June 9, 2024 Jo Tango

It could be coincidence, but I’ve had good luck throwing Sulphur Cripple patterns. This weekend, a brown almost at 19″ took one. Last month, a 20″ brown ate one as well. (Blog posts here and here.) Even when it doesn’t work, the pattern gets a lot of looks. Both times, I fished the flies on a

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Brown Trout,Flies and fly tyingfarmington river dry flies5 Comments

The Shallows

June 8, 2024June 9, 2024 Jo Tango

The river was chock full of anglers when I arrived at 7 am. Not every spot was taken: just the ones I wanted to fish. I fished the B water, working my way around anglers. A tightliner above me did well, fishing heavy flies. Relegated to skinny water, I focused on dries. I started with

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Brown Trout,Flies and fly tying2 Comments

More Euro Dry-Dropper Work

June 2, 2024June 6, 2024 Jo Tango

It doesn’t make sense to drive four hours to fish for four hours. Not much of fly fishing makes sense to non-anglers: the long drives, the early wake-up times, the incorrigible obsessions with fly-pattern details, water flows, and bug hatches. But to devout anglers, it all makes absolute sense. View this post on Instagram A

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Brown Trout,Flies and fly tying8 Comments
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