Happy New Year! With winter upon us, this is a great time to learn how to tie flies. I started last year and am really glad that I did so. It really changed the game for me. Still, it is intimidating to start off, and so, consider attending a fly tying course at Concord Outfitters.
A New Year’s Eve at the Swift River
I arrived back in town two days ago from a Christmas trip. A long 17-hr. trip. With the forecast no longer predicting freezing rain, I rallied today and headed to the Swift. Since “catch and keep” below Route 9 goes back into force tomorrow on January 1, I headed to the hatchery area.
The Connecticut Yankee
Images from The Connecticut Angler Stumbled across this cool blog the other day… not purely fly, for those of you who only fly fish, but there’s a good assortment of types of fishing, characterized by great writing and pictures. Check it out, definitely a good read. http://kierran.blogspot.com/
‘The Dropper Adjustment’
I think many fly fishing videos make it look easy. Music is in the background, tippets don’t break, and the trout voraciously eat flies. But, we all know there’s a lot of trial and error. The video up top from Dave and Amelia Jensen is a refreshing change of pace. The two are talking out