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Took Mandy on her 1st ever Steelhead trip, and boy is she hooked now. We now both have Mon & Tues off every week, so I think there will be some regular trips up there.

Below is my personal best...

We will be holding a Strike Indicator Nymphing Clinic with Aaron, Saturday November 21st, 9AM-1PM at Housatonic River Outfitters in Cornwall Bridge, CT-

Everyone should know how to nymph with an...

Interesting question Alain, and a very controversial, gray area topic.

The tradition of Great Lakes tributary fishing is generally one of fishing for trout, steelhead & salmon on their spawning...

One really subtle way to incorporate blue into a nymph for regular trout would be a blue wire rib on an otherwise drab fly, such as a Hare's Ear or Pheasant Tail. In this vein, Charlie Craven has a...

Alex used a 4 year old Sony H1, but there are newer versions of the H series available now.

Is 2 dozen enough to start Brookie?

I found a blue pattern in one of my books that is supposed to work well in rivers with good Caddis populations, so I'll have to try it out in the Housy &...

Brookie, you usually tie your SS patterns with Glo-Bug yarn, correct? I tend to use the traditional/original Angora yarn, and I typically look at the fly as a "finesse" pattern for clear water/heavy...

Thnx for all the info Alain, wow, you did a really nice job.

For those of you interested in the Partridge Czech Nymph hook, be aware that they run big, I'd say get a size smaller than you think...

Anybody played around with the color blue in their trout (not Steelhead) nymphs? Supposedly a popular color with Colorado fly fishers, esp. in the Winter. What say you TPO members? I have tied but...

Well it was cold today, low 40's, and the Olive hatch was heavy from all the reports I got back, and the trout were rising. Crappy, cold, overcast weather & great Olive hatches go hand in hand....

Alex & I always seem to be on different schedules nowadays, we used to fish together all the time. For once we both overlapped on our day off, so we decided to take advantage of it on our favorite...

Do yourself a favor and buy a waterproof camera, you can get a very nice one nowadays for well under $200 on the internet.

Sounds like you are sore-lipping a bunch of trout on the Bushkill, you...

Davy or Aaron could probably give you a better answer, but yes, I would get a separate spool and put a full clear intermediate line on it. Rio & Sci Angler make very good intermediate lines.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Nice pix all you guys. You do a really nice job with your camera Dejon, thanks for sharing those with us.

Most of the following were gleaned from Davy Wotton- in his DVD, his Wet Fly clinics, his podcasts on Ask About Fly Fishing Internet Radio, or in conversations with him:

1. Do keep your rod tip...

Yeah, there is quite a bit of foliage color on the Housy & the NW corner of CT, I'd say peak color should be around the 15th-20th of this month.

Our boy Davy just finished his interview, and he did a very nice job, and I think set the stage for "Wet Fly Techniques for Big Trout, Part 2". For those of you who missed it, this should be archived...

Davy, it should be a good time for all. I know you did one show before with Roger, and when I did mine on the Housatonic River, the hour and a half flew by, it was actually very fun. I even sent in a...

Some of the prettiest trout of the year are caught in October, all decked out in their spawning colors. How about we all post some pix of beautiful fish caught in the Fall?

Yes, it's that magic time of the year when aggressive trout like to demolish your streamers. On my home river, the Housatonic, the streamer bite kicked into high gear in the past week and a half....

How many of you have experimented with this? Many of us have discovered that hot spots can be deadly when incorporated into various nymphs, but how about wets? I noticed that Aaron posted some soft...

Alain-
I started a thread earlier this year on the Dry Fly board about choosing attractor dry fly colors based upon light conditions. The info was taken from LaFontaine's book "The Dry Fly". I'd be...

Silver-
I always find your posts to be interesting & well thought out. But I have to respectfully take exception with what you said about "A standard dry floating on the tips of it's tail and the...

Gotta second what SperryWater said, those are some beautiful trout. That colored-up male in the bottom pic is especially pretty. Nice job Predator.

I hope I do better the next time I fish there...

Very cool, you successfully field tested your creation, and it worked. 8) Gotta like that.