Here’s a clever way to tie an improved clinch knot on a cold day. Pretty cool.
Category: Orvis
My New #1 Fly
I this morning was going through my fishing log and noticed one reliable fly kept coming up: the Sexy Walt’s. I’ve blogged about this fly quite a few times. I think that’s because it simply works. The fly dupes stockies and the wily and wild Farmington browns. It has even surpassed in effectiveness my prior
The Baetis
Ah, yes, the Baetis. Otherwise known as the Blue-Winged Olive, it is a bug about which anglers need to know. That’s because BWOs hatch periodically in the spring, summer and fall (cf. the Orvis Eastern Hatch Chart). When nymphing, I usually fish a size 18 or 20. One trick is to make them slim. The
A Midge Pupa Variant
More size 20 midge pupae. #euronymphing #orvis #flyfishing #barbless #flytying A post shared by BlogFlyFish (@blogflyfish) on Jan 13, 2017 at 6:52am PST I just received in the mail some new materials. For fun, I decided to make a new experimental fly, a variant of a midge pupa. Super-easy to make. I use the trusty