Big fish eat big flies and I don't have any doubt about this. They use a lot of energy so they need meat! Insects are ok but not for them,but they will hunt minnows all the time. Will eat insects when are big hatches otherwise will look for consistent food. More than that are territorial, ...
Finally is Summer. The rivers are nice, outside is warm even in high mountains, insects are everywhere. Unfortunately the fish are full with food and is starting to be difficult to catch from now on. The time for Big flies like hige GHRE variants and Peeping Caddis tied on size 8, 10 and 12 hooks are ...
Fishing with nymphs in this period is probably the most effective style. Levels of rivers are high, more or less clear and fish are eating in frenzy.In April the most efficient flies are GRHE in different variants. Also peeping caddis are efficient tied in different styles. At the end of the June caddis pupae nd ...
These ants are considered lately more efficient than those tied on classic hooks with straight hook shanks . The curved shape also called grub shape or caddis shape type of hook, especially Demmon DGS 900BL gives a nice look more close to the anatomical shape of insects. Ok a good observer will tell you that an ant ...
Hi friends, I decided to make a step by step for this nymph that I use with success in almost all waters especially when I used long nymphing in ginger clear rivers with medium or small current. To tie a micro baetis nymph that should work you should take in consideration 2 aspects : size and ...
I tied a few nymphs with the new Squirmy wormy materials. made in USA by Spirit River this soft type silicone based material started to be very popular in tying world. Is used mainly for tying worm types of flies also called San Juan Worm flies. Compared with traditional materials like dubbing, chenille, threads and ...
Fishing in lakes means buzzers. There are lot of models but why you shouldn't try to tie a buzzer with catgut? Here is a model tied with red catgut biothread from Troutline. Looks normal when the material is wet but when gets wet looks really nasty! :) And here the same fly but wet: You can ...
This GRHE CDC Variant is a fly that I use mostly in the first part of the season. I like it very much together with classic GRHE and nymphs tied with pheasant barbs. Usually when water is fast flowing I use a simple GRHE but when the level is low and I have to induce ...
A buzzer full of "blood". Trout from lakes will love it all season
Materials used: Hook: Demmon ST 700 BL #8 Marabou: Peach Body: UV Fritz Coral Thread: Uni 6/0 from Uni Canada Eyes: Double green eyes How to use: is is a simple streamer to tie but very efficient in lakes and rivers where stock fish are present can be used as top fly on sinking line or a floating line. retrieving using rollipop technique or figure ...
