Yearly Archives December 30, 2010

This midge larvae pattern should be in every angler's box. It's extremely simple to tie and a very effective stillwater pattern.

The S.O.S. is a fly that is new to Orvis' line of flies in 2011. A great baetis pattern that can be adapted to your local mayfly nymphs.

This PMD pattern is a pattern for those pickier trout. It also floats well and is highly visible for fisherman.

The ice would be coming soon and we visited our favorite local stillwater for some tiger trout fishing.  I really enjoy fishing for these fish.  At this lake it's especially fun to tease them as they cruise...

Salmo trutta. There's something about brown trout that has kept them on the top of my favorites list. They're bad.  The thought of a large, kyped-out brown trout lurking under a deep undercut bank, or at the...

Zac is a young man that lives in my neighborhood. Within the last couple of months he had gotten really into fly fishing.  His old-timer neighbor, Wayne, had gotten him into it and he seemed to be hooked. ...

I was just getting of work and I got a call from Derek saying that I had to come fish a stream with him. He said the fish were willing and super good looking. "Browns?", I asked. Nope, Oncorhynchus mykiss....

This stream is filled with mostly brown trout and the bonneville cutthroat trout. The cutties are a real treat to catch but I'd say maybe one in forty fish is a cutthroat. The fish are all fluvial but I've...

As a young father I've already gone on a good number of what we like to call "adventures" with my family.  Out of all of them, this particular trip to the Uinta Mountains undoubtedly goes down as the...

In anticipation of ice-off we decided to gamble it and go check if our favorite stillwater was ice free. We arrived to see that we were still too early and that the lake was still covered in ice....

I really enjoy throwing streamers.  It's an exciting way to fish.  It's only March but I set out for some solo streamer fishing.  I do this quite frequently.  It was overcast and I was headed to some...

It was beautiful, sunny Saturday and the lady and little man were wanting to get out. My wife didn't care where we went as long as we got to get out in the freshly fallen snow....