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Wet Fly Wednesdays…

With the mindset of solely practicing Down River Wet Fly fishing I stripped every Dry Fly, Nymph, and Streamer out of my Vest and hit the road for a local Spring Creek. Big bountiful blue skies definitely lift the spirit. Until Blam! &^%$! Do I still remember how to change a tire? 15 Minutes and a [...]

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Even Picky Wild Trout Love Big Flies…

A relatively wise fisherman once told me when prospecting an area for trout: “walk into the local Fly Shop. Look at all their flies… and then don’t use a dam one of em!” You see, “fly shop guys” are a lot like sneaker designers. Year after year, they keep coming up with brand [...]

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FromTheForum: Riverdaze’s “Basic Black Baetis”

It’s basic, it’s black, it’s a baetis or can be used as a pmd if tied in 16-18 size 18-20 tail- pheasant abdomen- 6/0 black or olive unithread wire- extra small gold wing case- black or olive biot. wing case goes black just befor emergence thorax- black sow bug, yellow scud, hares ear guard hairs The BWO’s out this way turn almost [...]

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