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 …
"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 …
Continue reading The Wise Master Splinter – Mousing for Bass
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 …
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 …
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 …
This is a streamer pattern I've been tying and fishing a lot lately, mostly for Spotted Bass in the sandy Florida Parish creeks. It is basically a double Complex Twist Bugger, with dumbell eyes and an Laser Dub head. It's relatively easy to tie, and has a ton of movement in the water. I've caught …
Continue reading Fly Tying – Articulated Complex Twist Streamer
In addition to fishing some high altitude lakes, I was also able to hike and fish some high country streams in Colorado this summer. I made two separate day trips, hitting two different fork of the St. Vrain river. Both trips were easy hikes, with the creeks running right alongside the trails for the most …
The weather is hot, and so is the fishing on the creeks. I made it out for a quick session recently and caught my biggest Spotted Bass of the year, as well as two Channel Catfish. That’s my first time catching multiple catfish on one trip, and I’ve managed to catch 4 so far this …
The month of May has been very warm and very dry so far, meaning that the local creeks are prime for some top water action. With some rain in the forecast next week I figured I better make one more trip before the water gets high and dirty. I’ve been tying up a bunch of …
Down South Fly Fishing 