I continue to marvel at an insight about which both Noel Dawes and R.M. Lytle have written on this blog. I used to think trout were “curious.” I have suggested tying Variants to get curious trout to strike. But, here are R.M.’s thoughts, which I think are more accurate than my POV: I don’t think
The Scud
One of my go-to flies in the winter is a simple Scud fly. With fewer eggs in the drift and nearly all hatches done, the scud is an important food source at spring creeks and tailwaters. There have been winter outings when I find trout with big bellies that are jammed full with scuds. I
Thanksgiving trip to the Salmon R (NY)
Made my first trip up to fish steelhead on the Salmon R in NY for a few days over Thanksgiving. I ended up meeting a buddy of mine up there so I had someone to fish with most of the time. I’ll begin by saying that the conditions were tough (tons of snow – see
Noel Dawes: In Defense of the Mop Fly
Blog reader Noel Dawes has some great perspectives. So, after reading some of his comments, I asked him to write a guest post. Here it is. It is insanely insightful. I hope he writes more posts! ______________________________ Warning: I am about to go into some techniques that will make purists cringe. If that’s you,