Soft hackles with stripped peacock quills, size 18. #snowday #flytying #flyfishing #pinchedbarb #euronymphing A post shared by BlogFlyFish (@blogflyfish) on Mar 14, 2017 at 9:25am PDT Well, you may be hunkered down during the current east coast snow blizzard. I am. So, I’m goofing around a the fly tying bench. I have a small bag
Suckers
I hit a Connecticut freestone for a few hours during a brief break in the wind and cold. I landed some fish, and the hardest-fighting one of all was this one. It’s a sucker fish and was about 14″. For a moment, I thought I had on a big brown. I mean, this
Massachusetts Trout Stocking Is Underway
Just saw this on Twitter: TROUT STOCKING NOW UNDERWAY: half a million trout will be stocked this spring. Get daily stocking updates at https://t.co/6xBllrvzev pic.twitter.com/phTsQW274O — MA. Fish & Game (@MassDFG) March 8, 2017 A reminder that the MA stocking map and list are here. Also, if you’re looking to teach a kid how to
At the Bench: More Midges
The fly boxes need more midges as I get ready for spring. So, over the weekend, I was working on small patterns down to size 30. I find that nymphs down to sizes 20 and 22 are small enough in most situations. Dries down to sizes 24 and 26 also are more than sufficient. So,