I was able to attend this year's Red Stick Fly Fishers ("RSFF") Coldwater Trip to Arkansas, and man, what a blast! The club has been making the trip up to the Little Missouri River (aka "the Little 'Mo") tailwater below Lake Greeson near Murfreesboro, Arkansas for the past few years, and this is the first …
The Camping In late March, a rare weather window opened where camping in Louisiana was actually comfortable, so my wife and I decided to finally break out some camping gear we got as wedding presents over two years ago. The lows were in the 60s and the highs in the upper 70s, so sleeping at …
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"Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind. " -Splinter from the 1990 motion picture "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sometimes it pays to think outside of the box. Most topwater flies used for bass mimic insects or frogs, but …
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With the day off for Mardi Gras, some unseasonably warm weather for February, and an itch to explore some new water, I planned a lengthy day-trip to southwest Louisiana. The plan was to head to the spillway below the Toledo Bend dam, and then back through the Calcasieu District of the Kisatchie National Forest before …
I’ve been doing a lot of streamer tying during the cold months and watching a lot of tying videos on YouTube. There’s less fishing to do, so I’ve been filling up the fly boxes. One style of streamer I haven’t tied yet is a Gamechanger, even though I’ve had the materials on hand for a …
Its only early February, but we've had a 5 day warming trend with highs almost touching 80 at the end of it. So with the warmest weather of the year the sunfish in the urban creeks are finally getting active. Earlier in the year when the temps were only getting up to 70, I would …
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The Smoke Wagon is a relatively simple streamer pattern, especially in the catalogue of Kelly Galloup designed flies. It only requires a few materials: marabou, ice dub, hook and thread. I added some lead wire to mine because I plan on fishing it with a floating line, but you can omit that, or add a …
Cold Water January and February can be tough months for fly fishing in Louisiana. Cold water and short days mean that I usually just wait for a warm day and head to a local pond on my lunch break to see if anything is biting. If the weather is especially good on the weekend, I'd …
This is going to be a "recap" style post, to look back over my fishing trips throughout the year, document the best catches, most effective flies, methods, and equipment used, etc. Hopefully you've enjoyed the blog in its first year, and I'm looking forward to making it even better in 2023! Freshwater 2022 was definitely …
The last week of November 2022 provided a great day of sight fishing in the marsh. Chris and I spent cyber Monday paddling shallow flats and chasing redfish. He has a great account of the trip up on his blog: https://fatfingeredflytyer.com/birthday-redfish/ The conditions were great and we both caught good numbers of redfish, and I …
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