Category Archives: Fly Tying
Are Gold Beads Out or Is it just all in our heads?
When I first started guiding for trout it seemed like every nymph in the fly bin had a gold bead on it. Everyone caught fish on them and you didn’t hear of anyone back then shying away from using them. So why do I find...
Junk In The Trunk
When fall arrives and my feet hit the floor in the morning and I’m reminded that my hundred year old house has no insulation or even subfloor it’s not long before I go looking for the junk box. As the weather gets nasty, especially in...
There’s One Born Every Minute
My good friend Will Sands of Taylor Creek Fly Shop is caught holding the biggest sucker I’ve ever seen. I caught this brute last fall on the Colorado River just below Glenwood Springs. If I remember correctly it meashured 26″ and fought like a log....
Sunday Classic, Klewein’s Triple Trico
Part 2 of our new weekend format is Sunday Classics. Great posts you may have missed. This Week it’s Klewein’s Triple Trico I tied this pattern up on the road when I was out fishing the Trico hatch on the South Platte River in...
I’ve Got A Chubby
Every time I head out west for some trout R&R, there’s one dry fly pattern specifically that I always stock at least one fly box with exclusively. Idylwilde’s Chubby Chernobyl is the pattern I’m referring to and it’s probably caught more trout for me the past...