BWO Sparkle Dun Hook: #16 1x or 2x Short Emerger Thread: UTC Olive 70 Denier Wing: Dun Deer or Elk Fur (I prefer Elk) Post: White or Dun Antron Body: Tying Thread Shuck: White Antron Thorax: Olive/Brown Dubbing Investing in the future over here at the winonaflyfactory and I’m not …
Tying streamers, its something I do often because I happen to fish streamers perhaps more than others. As an angler in the driftless area I’ve developed my style over the past ten years and it has led me to enjoy covering more ground and fishing streamers more often than I …
The w.f.f. Hairball was originally constructed for the Pet Fly Smackdown in 2010. The PFSD was a group of guys who got together in various locations, sometimes near Duluth, Chicago, SE MN, and other places I wasn’t a part of. I was fortunate enough to participate for three years and …
Its been a while since I sat down at my vise and started tying, partly because I’ve had so many flies that I haven’t needed to and partly because when my wife and I found out we were going to be parents I gave up the room in my house …
That’s the goal for today. I’ll be heading out the door in an hour, down into a valley to drop these bombs on a few unsuspecting hungry brown trout. Lets hope they are up for it, I know I am. Next few days should make for some excellent trout fishing …
Looking forward to the next couple days, maybe even weeks I see several opportunities for excellent trout fishing. Several days with relatively low wind and air temps climbing up into the low 30’s and possibly the low 40’s. I’ll be getting to the creek around 10am and checking the water …
[singlepic id=3207 w=380 h=300 float=left] Ok, so I maybe fish a streamer more than most, I admit it. Once I figured it out it became simply second nature, almost to a fault. There are times I’m fishing a streamer when I should really be fishing nymphs, something to work on. …
