Today was a day to remember for sure, starting early. Woke at just after 3am, anticipation, like the first day of school I guess. Prepared myself and my gear and left for the first of several stretches in a vehicle. I met with Wendy B. early and traveled south in-search of Trico action. Arriving at waters edge at 6:45am I half expected the hatch to be well underway but thankfully I was wrong, being new and not taking the cooler night temperature into consideration I hadn’t realized that the AM Trico hatch would be a Mid-Morning Trico hatch. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Carp Fishing, Carp Flies, Fly Fishing, Native Trout, Roughfisher, The Winona Fly Factory, Wendy Berrell
The Big Bad Biot Nymph and The Carpion by the Winona Fly Factory
Tags: Carp Flies, Fly Tying, The Winona Fly Factory
Tags: Carp Carrot, Carp Flies, Fly Tying, The Winona Fly Factory
”The core of mans’ spirit comes from new experiences.” Christopher McCandless
The X-Factor created by J.P. and proven lethal by W.B. this last trip.
I decided to give a go at tying some carp flies. I’m hoping the way I tied these combined with the hook style (Mustad 37160) will make for a less snaggy hook when sunk to those plush carp lips. It took a while to get used to tying this upside down but I sunk it in the tub and because I added weight to the bottom the fly it turns when dropped even with mono tied to it.
Tags: Carp Flies, Fishing and Thinking in Minnesota, Fly Tying, Roughfisher, The Winona Fly Factory, The X-Factor Nymph
