The good folks are UpCountry are hosting fly-tying sessions with guides Zach St. Amand and Derrick Kirkpatrick. I’ve signed up for the 8:30 am session and hope to run into you there. Here is the description from UpCountry: Full-time Farmington River guides Derrick Kirkpatrick & Zach St. Amand will reveal their thought processes and open
Category: Flies and fly tying
Best Fly Fishing Gifts (2022)
I hope everyone has great Thanksgiving plans! This is our annual holiday gift guide. The blog team has pulled together items that we think have been particularly awesome. Some are old items, but most are new to our list. Feel free to forward to friends and family! As you know, we donate 100% of our
Sparkle Caddis Emerger: A New (Old) Standby
The Sparkle Caddis Emerger is far from a new fly. Developed around 1974 by Gary Lafontaine, it’s a pattern that has been fished successfully in hundreds of waters around the world. Yet despite its effectiveness, it is often ignored in favor of “sexier” bugs. For years, a couple of gaudy Sparkle Caddis Emergers sat dormant
Lesser-Known Flies Series: The Booby Fly
If there was one fly I could take with me for a panfish or freshwater bass outing, it would be the Booby Fly. I have never fished this fly for trout, but it does have a reputation as a stillwater trout fly as well. This fly is similar to the Mop Fly in that it