Sunday, January 8, 2012
Tradition
As per request....deer hair poppers are now available on my site...1/0, 2/0....they all have a red face....black, yellow, chartreuse, olive, brown and white are the body colors. They all have rubber legs, double weed guards and Clear Cure Eyes. The bellies are all coated with Clear Cure Goo for durability and the face is coated for that extra POP every time...They are tied on Mustad Stinger Deer Hair hooks...Get some...
Monday, January 2, 2012
1-1-12....First of the New Year
The first fishing trip of the new year...chasing steel...hooking suckers....
Northern Hog Nosed Suckers to be exact..not exactly what I was looking for as the first fish of 2012 but a fish none the less...
We got to explore some new water...runs that I have never fished before...It was a mild day, a good day for river walking. Remnants of the salmon spawn and rot still remain...
The troops held strong and determined...This season's steelhead catch ratio has been very poor to say the least.....To date...quite a few fish hooked up, nothing to hand...My Dad got to feel that all mighty head shake yesterday for about a second before breaking off...The very last cast of the day put me on a fish for a second before the great snap off...Keep on keeping on...The troops...getting ready for Schoolhouse....
Steelhead get me through the winter months...I do enjoy it, but not anywhere like the enjoyment I get from my warm water species. As I swing a streamer or drift a nymph for the 200th roll cast of the day..I find myself daydreaming of stalking carp and chucking hair bugs for buckets, stripping streamers for pickerel and bouncing crayfish for smallies...Spring can't come soon enough....
Northern Hog Nosed Suckers to be exact..not exactly what I was looking for as the first fish of 2012 but a fish none the less...
We got to explore some new water...runs that I have never fished before...It was a mild day, a good day for river walking. Remnants of the salmon spawn and rot still remain...
The troops held strong and determined...This season's steelhead catch ratio has been very poor to say the least.....To date...quite a few fish hooked up, nothing to hand...My Dad got to feel that all mighty head shake yesterday for about a second before breaking off...The very last cast of the day put me on a fish for a second before the great snap off...Keep on keeping on...The troops...getting ready for Schoolhouse....
Steelhead get me through the winter months...I do enjoy it, but not anywhere like the enjoyment I get from my warm water species. As I swing a streamer or drift a nymph for the 200th roll cast of the day..I find myself daydreaming of stalking carp and chucking hair bugs for buckets, stripping streamers for pickerel and bouncing crayfish for smallies...Spring can't come soon enough....
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sulking Sculpin
The olive Sulking Sculpin has been a great fish catching success...now I'm offering it in two additional colors...rust and black...great on the swing or bottom bounced with a sink line....
Monday, December 26, 2011
Birds....
A gift for my Mom...
Western Tanager..
A Scarlet Tanager
A pair of Cardinals for Joe... www.flyrecipes.com
Western Tanager..
A Scarlet Tanager
A pair of Cardinals for Joe... www.flyrecipes.com
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Punks off to South Carolina
As I begin to box these up and write out the shipping label....I feel a little pit of jealously forming in my stomach....As I sit here in the makings of a typical Northeast winter, my Punks lay ready to bask in the warm Carolina sun....ahhhh...one day I will be without freezing temps, snow and ice....one day...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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