This is a great video about some bugs that I don’t think get enough attention. It also covers rise forms when fish tip their hand about what they’re eating and why. Some of my favorite patterns are stoneflies and midges. They are often in the drift and are less obvious. In my opinion, you cannot
Category: Flies and fly tying
At the Vise: My Favorite Spring Nymph
After a lot of trial and error over the years, I found a nymph pattern that works well for me in the spring. It may not look like much, but for some reason it tends to be a top producer with both wild fish and stocked ones. The fly has worked all over New England
Fishing Marginal Water
Spring is special. The earth erupts again with life, from birds chirping at dawn to refreshing April rain to outdoor scenery that beckons. In the spring, I try to hit freestones before they warm up and flows go down to trickles. There’s a particular stretch where I’ve caught all sorts of fish. It’s stocked with
Tying the Golden Doodle Jig Streamer
I wanted to write up a quick post about tying one of my own concoctions that I call the Golden Doodle. I came up with this idea a couple of years ago but in the last year and a half I’ve really refined it and come up with a solid recipe that has put