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Some New-ish Flies to Try

May 12, 2015April 24, 2019 Jo Tango

As the temps heat up, water levels lower, and stocked trout get more educated, I am thinking of trying some new-ish and smaller flies. Here are some: I’ve found that small flies do a better job at fooling trout. So, I recently tied a few new ones: #22 Pheasant Tail: When I stomach-pumped a few

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A Dry Fly Search Pattern

May 11, 2015September 25, 2017 Jo Tango

When water temps and depth are right, I’m looking forward to fishing the Parachute Hare’s Ear Dry as a search pattern. I nymph and swing wets/streamers to search for trout, but I never before have used a dry when there’s no obvious hatch. I first heard about it via Tom Rosenbauer’s Prospecting for Trout, which

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A Magical Evening with a Caddis Hatch

May 8, 2015September 3, 2024 Jo Tango

Wow.  Fished after work at a very local freestone one evening this week. Hooked eleven and landed seven. Three of the browns were about 12″ or so. Video of one of them up top. I’ve fished this water before, and it’s been mediocre to pretty good. This time, it was awesome. I think it was

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Two 15" Brutes

May 4, 2015September 18, 2017 Jo Tango

I fished the Quinapoxet and another stretch of a local river, about which I unfortunately am sworn to secrecy. Landing some good-sized fish on my 3-wt. and 6x/7x tippet made them feel like absolute brutes. At the Quinnie, I hooked three and landed a 15″ rainbow on a swinging white streamer. I’ve often had good

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