I’ve been playing a bit with streamers this past winter, when schedule conflicts and “ice in” kept me from fishing for six weeks. It was a long six weeks, let me tell you. But, it let me play around at the vise. When I saw some rabbit zonker strips at a cheap price, I bought
Category: Streamers
‘Streamers for Big Trout’
The New Fly Fisher has a video out on streamer fishing (link here, or see below). It’s another episode in the Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing series, which I really enjoy. All of the videos in this series are very well-produced and highly-informative. So, hope you enjoy them. Coincidentally, saw the shot below on Instagram.
The Streamer Option and Why Are We Here?
Some recent success with streamers caused me to ask the question: why? I considered what cosmic alignment of circumstances joined man and fish. I often consider these questions, and, if I followed the thread far enough on this particular question, I could write volumes. But, this is a fishing blog, so, I’ll begin my study at the riverbank
Post-Spawn Streamer Bite
It’s been a while since I set out with a clear plan to fish streamers. I had a successful nymphing session on the day before Thanksgiving, highlighted by a stout, multi-year holdover brown. After messaging with Andy Lyons about the likelihood of the fish being a wild specimen, the topic shifted to the movement habits