Friday Five: 1/26/2018

January is coming to an end, one more month of winter is done, and we’re coming onto the shortest month of the year. To help you ease into the final days of January, here are three articles and two videos for this week’s Friday Five.

(Only after compiling this week’s content did I realized that the three articles are all about nymphing and the two videos have to do with streamers.)

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Fly Tying Video Feature: March Browns

Our Fly Tying Video Feature series is designed to help give you some ideas at the vice this winter. We’ve had a number of posts highlighting different styles of flies as well as specific species (caddis, stonefly nymphs, sulphurs). In that same vein, we’re going to highlight the March Brown in this post.

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Friday Five: 1/19/2017

It’s Friday! Time to pour yourself that coffee and enjoy the Friday Five. This week is a bit heavier on the videos – there will be more articles coming next week!

Speaking of videos, check out our Fly Tying Video Feature series, which we started this month. Each post is 4-5 patterns on a specific type of “fish food,” whether it’s hellgrammites, articulated streamers, or sulphurs (for example). We’ll be posting those on Mondays and/or Wednesdays over the winter to give you some ideas at the vice.

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Friday Five: January 5, 2018

It’s a cold morning here in Central PA – like, wind chill of minus 20 degrees Farhenheit cold. It’s the perfect morning to pour yourself an extra large mug of coffee, grab your blanket, and check out this week’s Friday Five while thinking of slightly warmer temperatures.

(Don’t get me wrong, I don’t necessarily mind the cold. It’s just really cold for this time of the winter here.)

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