One way to avoid crowds is to fish on Mother’s Day when there is a cold front with stiff wind on the horizon. With the Mrs. in Europe visiting one of our children, I had free license to roam and roam I did indeed. As expected, few anglers were out. I finally ran into a
Category: Hendricksons
Waiting for Hendricksons
So, I had Covid. I’m not sure how I contracted it. During my recent mini fishing trip, I ate alone except for one meal. I was seated at a bar for 30 minutes next to a woman who was turned away from me, speaking with a friend. I didn’t think anything of it because that’s
Rich Strolis’s ‘Shucked-up Emerger’
There’s no shortage of fly pattern tutorial videos these days. Many of them are an impressive display of the fly tyer’s art, but one has to wonder if some of them actually catch fish. I get on a creative streak from time to time, whipping up experimental patterns that look great but most of them
Our Blog Team Outing
There are many reasons to fish. Friendship is one of them. Many of the blog crew met up on Saturday to fish the Farmington, thanks to Joe Drake and Jamie Carr. I’ll start with my notes. Many of the other anglers also have jotted their observations, if you scroll below. Joe, Ashu Rao and I