Why the Brown Rubber Legs for this month? The fish are very familiar with stonefly nymphs. The stonefly nymph takes two to three years to mature, so they are always available to the fish year round and in lots of sizes and colors. It does seem like this time of the year a Brown Rubber […]
Last year Yellowstone Park banned felt because the felt holds water, silt, and slime. All of these things can transport unwanted aquatic invasive species and is hard to clean. Rubber soles are allowed and are much easier to clean. When fishing different places it is best to clean all the mud and any debris off […]
It’s that time of the year, when we are turning our attention to the coming fishing season. We think about all the places we will go, streams, rivers and lakes. And, all the fish we will catch. But, first do we have what we need? Lets take a look at our fishing gear. One of […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 3761 #14 Thread: Black 8/0 uni Bead: 7/64 black-nickel Gills: White uni-stretch Rib: Small black wire Body: Gunmetal flashabou Body: Gunmetal flashabou Collar: Peacock herl Glue: Clear cure goo hydro About About the gunmetal chironomid can be tied in size 10 through 18. The 14 is my favorite so that is […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2488H #14 Thread: 140 fire orange Bead: 1/8 hot orange Over Body: Mcflyfoam apricot About Very similar to the unreal egg, the hot bead egg uses an orange brass bead for added weight. The bright color will show through the yarn when it is wet. Sometimes all you need is a […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2457 #10 Thread: 210 Fl. pink Body: Fl. pink ultra chenille Rib: Gold wire About In the Springtime as the runoff starts and the rivers rise, lots of worms get washed into the water and the fish feed on them. I have done well when the rivers are high and dirty […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2488H #14 Thread: 210 pink Body: Mcflyfoam early girl Spot: Mcflyfoam flame About Spring and Fall are the times to fish Glo-Bugs. Rainbows spawn in the Spring and the Browns spawn in the Fall. Lots of eggs are put into the rivers and the fish gobble them up. My best colors […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2488H #10 to #14 Thread: 140 fire orange Bead: Orange glass Weight: Lead wire Overbody: Early girl mcflyfoam About The unreal egg is a Jim Pettis pattern. When the fly gets wet that is what makes it unreal! The water makes it translucent and the glass bead with a veil of […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2457 #12 to #18 Thread: 6/0 olive Bead: Gold Weight: Lead wire Body: Olive antron yarn Collar: hares ear dubbing About The bead head olive serendipity is one of my favorite caddis large nymph patterns. If I just want to catch fish or fishing is tough I drop this fly off […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 5263 #4 to #10 Thread: 140 brown Weight: Lead wire Tail: Brown sili legs Legs: Brown sili legs Antenne: Brown sili legs Body: Brown and olive chenille About The Brown Rubber legs are one of my favorite stonefly nymph patterns for the Madison and Gallatin rivers. I tie this same pattern […]
