Category Archives: Fly Tying
Bruce Chard’s A.M. Express, A Great Fly For Baby Tarpon
CATCHING BABY TARPON IS ABOUT AS FUN AS THE LAW ALLOWS. Even a baby tarpon is a hell of a fish. These little guys are all fight and haven't learned all the tricks of the grown ups. A thirty pound tarpon offers all the excitement of...
Top 10 Redfish Flies
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF REDFISH PATTERNS FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE. All the way from Florida to Texas anglers and tyers are hard at work designing patterns to fool redfish. Most of them imitate the crabs, shrimp, and baitfish that make up the majority of the redfish...
Georgia Man Catches Trout On Car Key, But Why?
By Louis Cahill WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU FISH THAT? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. TO PROVE A POINT. For some reason this year I have run into more anglers with attitude than usual. Ranging from the dry fly purest who think they walk on the water...
Hellgrammite, The King Kong of Aquatic Insects
I was on the water trout fishing the other day, when my buddy Erik Ashlin said, "it was just about this time last year, when all the hellgrammites began crawling into the shallows to begin their pupation. Let me flip over a rock and see if...
#Flies4Friends
Focusing on the positive has changed the course of my life. Regardless of how small or large positive moments are, they perpetuate the existence of hope and joy in the lives of people. In an effort to help keep this optimistic momentum moving, I’ve started “Flies4Friends”....