The day after Christmas, David Weingold, my son, and I went bird hunting. I am not much of a hunter. I don’t shoot anything I will not eat. But David likes to eat the quail and pheasant. I go along just to take pictures and watch the dog work.
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Veiled Caddis
In 1981 Gary Lafontaine published a seminal work entitled Caddisflies. This book is based upon observations made while scuba diving. In it, he describes the life cycle of the caddisflies and how they behave in the water. LaFontaine goes on to develop various patterns and discusses how to fish them.
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Gurgle Pop
The Gurgle Pop is a variation on the Gartside Gurgler. It is easy to tie, and I have caught many bream and bass on this fly.
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BWO Failed Emerger
Blue Winged Olives, BWO, are mayflies that hatch all over the world and provide some of the most prolific hatches in flyfishing. Baetis, BWO, will hatch year-round giving BWO dry flies a place in your box anytime you’re on the water.
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Scud
The coldest I ever got in July occurred several years ago. We were floating the Little Red River when a thunderstorm came up. We got wet, and the temperature fell.
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Stonefly Exoskeleton After Hatching
Do you have to know the scientific names of aquatic insects to be a successful fly fisherman or fly tier? The answer is definitely no!
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The FFI Fly Fishing expo 2019 was held July 23-27 at Montana State University in Bozeman Montana. After having a great time fishing and exploring Montana and Yellowstone National Park, it was time for the show. However, we had a small problem. We were on the way to the show and had a minor motor vehicle accident.
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Just got back from a 4000-mile roundtrip to the FFI Flyfishing Fair in Bozeman, Montana. For the first four days, Michael Ames, Boot Pierce and I fished the rivers around Bozeman and in Yellowstone Park.
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The Haystack is an easy to tie dry fly that is very effective. Designed by Fran Betters in 1948 and described in his book Fly Fishing — Fly Tying and Pattern Guide published in 1986. The Author describes the Haystack as “an all purpose dry fly that imitates a majority of the insects that trout feed on.”
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CDC and Elk Caddis
The CDC and Elk is a caddis imitation that is easy to tie and very effective. This down wing imitation can be used for caddis as well as mayfly and stonefly hatches. In fact, it is a great attractor pattern when there is no obvious hatch.
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