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CoC Redux: Double Rib Slim Profile Nymphs

The following patterns were introduced to me by Kevin Compton of www.comptonflies.com . Kevin is a phenomenal Fly Tier and spends most of his time traveling around the world slinging the finest of competition hooks from a little black backpack. You’ll find him on the banks chatting with the best competitive fisherman in the world [...]

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CoC Redux: “Micro Nymphs”

I recently spent a week on a waterway widely known as holy land for the religion of fly fishing. Often difficult, never easy this river offers fly fishing people around the world a chance to test their wits and skills against wild trout with a prolific and quickly changing aquatic insect food base. For some [...]

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“Searching For Each Step” on The Little Juniata

Recently I was sitting on the banks of the Little Juniata River in Pennsylvania. Quietly sipping some water in the shade of a willow tree when an older gentleman came slowly down river swinging wet flies. Before he entered my stretch he gave the universal open hand query to fish through of which I replied [...]

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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 [...]

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FromTheForum: Blacklabel’s “Backyard Wild Trout”

After seeing Dejon’s awesome pictures on the home page about wild trout I got to thinking that most people have wild trout fishing a lot closer to them than they realize. I live in NJ and most people in my area are not even awhere of the prime wild trout fishing with in an hours [...]

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Sewing the seeds of love… fly fishing that is!

I think I’ve created a monster. My son will be turning 4 in one week and he’s all ready fishing obsessed. All he talks about is fishing. He spends hours in the backyard casting and that’s after I untangle his line from the chandelier and kick him outside. Everything is fishing. He wants to watch [...]

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State College Recon Mission #1

It is my new hypothesis that the 1hour driving bubble surrounding State College, PA is hands down Fly Fishing Heaven! After one trip down there I’m thinking about packing up my little family, finding a nice little flat on Main St., and settling down to a long fruitful life of rising fish and gangbuster hatches. [...]

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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 [...]

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