(WSJ.com) (10/17/16 edit: After reading the readers’ comments below, I bought some mop fly tying materials. Stay tuned!) I’ve seen it. But, I’ve not tied it or fished it. I don’t know, but I’m conflicted about the Mop Fly. On rare occasions, I will fish a SJW or an egg. I’m now into flies coated
Tag: euronymphing flies
A Perdigón Variant
As I’ve blogged before, variant flies are highly effective on wild fish and holdovers. New stockies are easy to dupe, but highly-pressured fish are a different ball game altogether. Variants show them something they’ve not seen before On my last outing, a good-sized brown went for a Glam Frenchie. I think it was curious more
My #1 Fly Recently: a CDC Soft Hackle
One of the best flies for me this summer and fall has been a small, durable and ridiculously easy fly to make. It was the #1 fly during my recent long weekend at the Farmington. When I see BWOs start to pop, this is a fly I put on. View this post on Instagram A
Perdigón Flies
(FlyGuys.com) Perdigón flies seem interesting. I first heard about them from competition fly fishermen. As I’ve written before, I think there’s much to be learned from people who compete and try to catch the most fish and the biggest fish (video here). A Perdigón fly hails from anglers in Europe, and it often is used