The American Heritage Dictionary defines Playground as: A field or sphere of unrestricted pleasurable activity. Have you found your Playground? A place where you can go for a day trip, spend a little gas money to get there, catch nice fish and not be harassed by the crowds. My playground is about 20 miles from my front door and a one mile hike. It has a substantial wild trout population and
Sitting at my tying bench I was inspired to tie something a little different. I came across a spider pattern in one of my books and modified it so that it was easier to tie and was more fishable than the original. Take a curved scud hook (size 12) and place it in your vice. Take 6/0 white tying thread and dress your hook. Take some white deer hair (not bucktail) and tie it on top of
Fly-fishing for smallmouth bass can be one of the greatest challenges in freshwater fishing, and can offer some of the greatest rewards.
Jeff Weltz drops some knowledge on steelhead flies, talking about some of the classic patterns that take these majestic fish.
With winter here, its time to build up your fly-boxs for the next season which hopefully gets here soon. So here are a couple of nymph flies to start with.