The squirmy worm is one of the most productive patterns there is. It belongs to an elite category of flies that just pull fish from wherever they’re hiding in a huge range of conditions. It’s not just the fact that they look like a worm that gets the trout’s attention either. Classic San Juan worms, […]
I’ve found that the days I miss the most fish are when they’re not all on the same feeding pattern. Times when they’re eating throughout the column and willing to move far and fast for food. Trout in these situations tend to intercept your fly before you can come tight, and generally move a bit […]
There’s a number of nuances that make winter fly fishing different from any other time of year. Most of these stem from just two main facts: the fish are cold, and food sources are both less abundant and smaller. Of course there are other factors at play, but in my mind these are the two […]
If you’re looking at diving into the world of tight line tactics, this is probably one of the first questions you asked. At first glance this seems straightforward. If you’re going to Euro nymph, you need a Euro nymphing line to do it. It’s a logical conclusion based on how often they’re talked about in […]
This is part three of the New York regional series. Click here to read about session one, here for session two, and here for session three. Limestone creek was my least favorite venue in the competition. The section we fished was mostly fresh stocked brown trout, and they were not distributed very evenly. I […]
Dear readers, Hopefully everyone is having a good fall season and getting into some fish. I want to start off by apologizing for the delay of the final installment of the New York regional recap series. I’ve been preoccupied the last few months moving and starting a new job, but part four is mostly […]
This is part three of the New York regional series. Click here to read about session one, and here for session two. Butternut Creek was my most frustrating session of the competition. I had fished it before but I could not remember having ever fished the beat I was on, beat three. It was […]
This is part two of the New York Regional recap series. To read about session one, click here. Lower Nine Mile was a hit or miss venue. We walked the beats in practice and all agreed they got significantly worse as they went downstream. Beats one and two were well structured, but the water […]
I just returned home from my first Team USA Regional event of the season in Central New York, and though I didn’t finish quite as high as I was hoping to, it was a great competition with a great group of anglers. We fished four venues on three rivers in the Syracuse area: Limestone creek, […]
**I should point out that, being a competitive angler, I have an obvious bias in favor of competitions. Despite this I think I have done a decent job understanding and examining both sides of the argument. I have also asked a number of other anglers I respect, both competitive and not, for their opinions on […]