Best Fishes in this New Year!

I tied this one on a size 10 and in march brown colors. While the march browns hatch sporadically on certain rivers, this pattern can be a great searching fly.
Hook: Dry Fly
Tail: Brown marabou
Body: The Marabou butts twisted into a rope
Rib: Copper Wire
Thorax: Tan Rabbit Dubbing Blend
Hackle: Grizzly
Wing: Deer hair tips out straight, butts cut […]

Prepare to have your mind blown by Ulf Hagtrom
And this is pretty cool too.
Both have been added to the blog roll

From Today:
Pure Money Shot:  “When asked why the report included options that aren’t feasible, DEC officials said they weren’t recommending the facilities, but were merely offering an inventory of possible disposal methods. Ultimately it is the responsibility of the energy companies — not the regulators — to solve the wastewater problem, they said.”

From Today’s TU
Three corporate spokesmen and a regulatory official said in separate interviews with ProPublica that as much as 85 percent of the fluids used during hydraulic fracturing is left underground after wells are drilled in the Marcellus Shale, the massive gas deposit that stretches from New York to Tennessee.

It’s been 2 solid weeks since I had a chance to get my left foot wet again.  The leak which defiantly has resisted my attempts to aquaseal it shut and Holiday visitors have thwarted me again.  It’s ok because “Baby, it’s cold out there.”  After the first though, new waders on the feet and cabin […]

It’s been 2 solid weeks since I had a chance to get my left foot wet again.  The leak which defiantly has resisted my attempts to aquaseal it shut and Holiday visitors have thwarted me again.  It’s ok because “Baby, it’s cold out there.”  After the first though, new waders on the feet and cabin […]

Rain, wind with a side of sleet, and topped off with a slab of butter…

Happy Holidays

 
In all the years that I have been connected with fly fishing I can only think of one constant…We’re all a bit messed up in the head and we know it.  That’s it, that’s all.  Nobody fly fishes the same way or for the same reasons.  I have a fly fishing buddy that might as […]

 I had high hopes for chrome but 2 pulls from lake run browns is a nice second prize. They have the pull but lack the shake and sizzle.

Sneak peak at the fly that got 3 distinct grabs throughout the day. I keep wondering why chrome hits those stupid berkley powerworms in hot pink. Now I […]