Revisiting the basic patterns that you first learned is a good exercise. Maybe there are some new techniques you’ve learned to tie the pattern quickly, or maybe you just want to remind yourself that no matter how many new patterns come out there are some old standbys that are always worth having in the box.
It’s not the first Friday the 13th we’ve had this year, but it’s the first one that I thought about posting a song to accompany it. Who doesn’t like starting with a little Stevie Wonder on a Friday morning?
Get your groove on, then check out this week’s selection of articles (no videos this week!).
Celebrate the first Friday of October by enjoying this week’s edition of the Friday Five. Grab your coffee and read on!
In the first article on Streamer Season, I wrote about some of the things I’ve learned since delving into the streamer game a few years ago. Now we’re going to talk about the flies.
Inside my Fishpond Sushi Roll. Arby’s ain’t got nothing on this.
After a warm Indian Summer that proved to be hotter than most (all?) of August, we’re finally getting fall temps the past two days. Here are the flies from the vice this month – some fun experimentation on patterns, nothing earth-shattering.
Finally – the near record-breaking temps that we’ve been feeling the past two weeks have given way to feeling more like fall. It’s incredibly refreshing! Here’s the last Friday Five for the month of September. Grab you coffee mug, pull up a chair, and enjoy.
About 5 years ago, I was out at a spot on Spring Creek throwing a size 4 Weamer Streamer without really knowing much about fishing streamers (other than dead-drifting, swinging them down-and-across, and stripping a bit). The water was up and off-color, the weather was rainy, and on the first cast in a new spot I missed one of the biggest browns I’ve seen on Spring. The fly hit the water and a split second later this large fish porpoised (I could see the entire back of the fish) going after the fly.
Naturally, I did what any fisherman with buck fever would do: promptly pulled the fly right out of the mouth of this brown then stared at the water where it came from, slack-jawed.
The past few Fridays have felt like fall, but all of a sudden we get a week of temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s… Oh well. It makes for a beautiful Indian Summer! Next week it’s supposed to start cooling down again, since we’ve hit the official shift to fall.
Speaking of fall, it’s time to start thinking about fall fishing. Be on the lookout next week for an article on streamers big and small, and ways to fish them around here. Enjoy this week’s selection of goodies!
The midpoint of September has arrived, with a brief warm-up before the fall weather settles in. Stream levels are looking okay (definitely better than last year), and we’re getting ready for fall fishing. Grab you coffee mug, pull up a chair, and enjoy what we have for you in this week’s Friday Five!
He thought “grab your coffee” meant “grab your fish.”
Welcome to this week’s Friday Five!
We’re heavy on the videos this week, featuring some Virginia smallmouth bass with Blane Chocklett along with two fly patterns and an artful one of brown trout eating insects. Grab your coffee cup and enjoy!
