With a no-football Sunday, I’ve got plenty of time to work on replenishing the fly boxes. First up, is a #18 Shop Vac (a Tim Flager video here). At his fly tying seminar, Tim said that it is a great attractor fly, and he thinks it suggests a Cased Caddis. Next is the #22 Micro
Category: Caddis
Fluorescent Orange Flies: They Work
One of the most effective colors in my fly tying arsenal is this: fluorescent orange. That color has worked wonders at the Farmington, Millers and Westfield East Branch rivers. I work with UTC thread to incorporate that color into some of my nymphs. Easy to do so. View this post on Instagram Orange did well
Big Farmington Browns on Dry Flies and Emergers
What a day. Good fish. Many bugs. Farmington. Dry flies. View this post on Instagram Yesterday's 18.5" brown. Took a size 22 Parachute Adams. More at BlogFlyFish.com. #nofilter #righttimerightplace #flyfishing #farmingtonriver #dryfly #thomasandthomasflyrods #orvis A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) on Sep 11, 2017 at 4:06am PDT It did not start off well. After
At the Bench: Caddis Larva
After hearing about some people at the Farmington who tightline bait, such as meal worms, I decided to play around at the tying bench. View this post on Instagram Will it hunt? Goofing around at the tying bench. #flytying #flyfishing #euronymphing #orvis A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) on Sep 9, 2017 at 5:38am PDT