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
Category: Caddis
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. Will it hunt? Goofing around at the tying bench. #flytying #flyfishing #euronymphing #orvis A post shared by BlogFlyFish (@blogflyfish) on Sep 9, 2017 at 5:38am PDT Moreover, I’ve had good luck
At the Bench: the Renegade
In some back and forth in the comments from the last post, I realized I forgot to write about a new dry fly in the box: the Renegade. I’m a big fan of attractor patterns, and I like Catskill-style dries for choppy water. For a recent fishing trip I decided to make just one Renegade