I love fishing caddisfly patterns, you can usually get really aggressive takes from trout, especially while skating them. This foam caddisfly pattern takes inspiration from the tried and true goddard caddis. While the goddard caddis is one of the more buoyant flies out there using natural materials, it still can become water logged after enough time on … Read more
I remember as a kid seeing hundreds of flying ants at certain times in the summer. My grandmother called them pismires, which I thought was hilarious as a little kid (piss-mires). Fast forward twenty years and I suddenly find myself thinking about these pismires again, this time as a potential forage food for trout. There … Read more
Popper flies are one of the most fun ways of catching fish. Panfish, bass, trout and an amazing variety of saltwater species will all take a popper fly in the right conditions. Poppers can range from very tiny bluegill poppers, to very large poppers for targeting striped bass, tarpon, and even sharks. I’ve gathered a collection of some … Read more
I’m sure many of us have said at some point “I’ll tie my own flys! It’ll be much cheaper than buying them”. O how wrong we were. You would have to tie many, many flies in order to make tying your own cheaper than buying them. Fly tying materials can be so expensive. Sure it’s often … Read more
Terrestrials don’t always get the love they deserve. It’s true that caddisflies and mayflies are very important prey species for trout, and are often the right way to go with fly selection. What if there are no “hatches” happening the day you’re out though? Many terrestrials are active all year (except winter) and are on a … Read more