Trout spey, for some of us, has taken over our fall, winter, springtime efforts on the water. Offering us new skills, techniques, and challenges; throwing a single or two-handed rod has become more of a nuanced obsession in the greater realm of fly fishing. Why? It certainly isn’t the fish count, that is for sure. …
Snowrunner…what the heck is snowrunner? Also known as nayat, it is a domestically bread farm animal from across the pond that offers fly tiers an incredibly diverse fly tying material. Our best description is that it is a nice middle ground between bucktail and Icelandic sheep. Difficult to find here in the USA currently, Nayat…
Engler’s Pike fly is one of our all-time favorite pike flies developed by Duranglers guide and boat captain, Mark Engler. This is not that fly. This is the hollow tie variation. Little has been published of the original Engler Pike Fly, perhaps this is by design. Perhaps, there will be someday. In the meantime, the…
The Complex Twist Streamer is a play on the Complex Twist Bugger, invented and made famous by the creative mind of Cheech over at Fly Fish Food. With a few changes, shop employee Matt has been using this bug on our local waters as a go-to streamer when just hitting the water. The profile of…
This class is limited to 4 students, so pre-registration is a must. Have you immersed yourself in the world of fly tying and are now looking to up your game? Perhaps you have become a dedicated meat hucker and want to develop your skills at tying streamers. Due to demand, we have decided to add…
Tying the Lunch Money Streamer with Matt Bennett Matt Bennett is one of the most innovative up and coming fly designers these days, and his Lunch Money streamer has become one of our favorite streamers for trout and bass. This is Matt’s full tying demo of the Lunch Money Streamer from his in-store presentation on…
Tying and Designing Better Flies with Matt Bennett Author’s note: this is the first installment of an ongoing blog series titled “Tying and Designing Better Flies” where I will be interviewing professional guides and fly tiers from all over to get their input on how to create better bugs. Matt Bennett, owner and operator of http://www.flygeek.net/ is…
Fishing With Streamers: Switch it Up Last year, we brought you our Beginner’s Guide to Streamer Fishing. If you are new to the streamer game, I would suggest you read this beginner’s guide before continuing on… So you are now a streamer junkie (or an aspiring one). How about a little more streamer theory, lore,…
Hareline’s Baitfish Emulator Flash Hareline’s Baitfish Emulator Flash is a material we started carrying in the shop this past year. Baitfish emulator flash was created with a nice mix of differently textured thin mylars with a specially treated edge for winding. It was designed to make quick baitfish patterns by tying in the material and giving…
Well we’ve sure gotten what we wished for (and then some) in terms of rain! But that’s a good thing… Fall should be great. Lets all pray for good bugs! The Animas is at 1,130cfs, as I type, and dropping into premo streamer conditions. Get out your 6 and 7 weights, heavy tippet, and big…
