I hope everyone is having a good January. I have just a few things to report: Ed Engle’s Trout Lessons. I recently finished it and think it’s great. I’ve read Tying Small Flies and Fishing Small Flies and thought I’d read his third book. It covers some tricky situations and what to do when you
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‘Trout Stream Day Dreams’
(Colie Egertson) One of my favorite blogs is “Trout Stream Day Dreams.” Author Colie Egertson brings to it amazing photographs, a love for wild trout, and deep scientific knowledge. You may recall that he wrote a guest post on the Nashua River. You may already know that Orvis asked him to write a post on
Slack Casting and an 18″ Rainbow
I’m really enjoying fishing dries. Above, is an 18″ Swift rainbow that recently took a size 30 dry on 9x tippet (I ran out of 8x while fishing). A very dark fish, with a wide girth. Powerful and fat. I am still learning how to dupe consistently such big and savvy fish with dry flies,
Tenkarpa!
There are many awesome videos online. And, the good folks at Orvis recently circulated this one below. It’s really funny and worth watching. It helped me start my morning on a good note.