Winter fly fishing is a different game. Water is getting colder, hatches are sparse, and the fish are hunkered down. What to do? Get out and fish! Here is a brown from New Year’s Eve in 2016. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) Thanks to a prior Mop Fly
Fishing During the Snowstorm
There’s something magical about the first snowfall of the winter. There’s something magical about fishing in a snowstorm. Combine the two, and that was my Saturday outing at the Farmington. Snow started falling mid-morning and dusted the trees and paths. Everything looked grey but beautiful, too. I brought two fly rods: my Thomas and Thomas
Cloudy Day at the Deerfield
I fished the Deerfield on Sunday. It was a low-volume day. In fact, I did not hook a single fish in the first three hours. I tried all types of water, rotated flies, and adjusted weight, with only a handful of misses to show. Also, to make matters worse, Fife Dam released water an hour
Lance Egan: ‘Low and Slow Near the Riverbed’
Team USA member Lance Egan has written a great article in the Fly Fisherman. Link is here. He writes that it’s important to fish nymphs “low and slow” where the fish tend to hang out, near the bottom. A few years ago, I went down the Euro-Nymphing Rabbit Hole after reading a bunch about currents.