Spider flies, despite their name, aren't meant to imitate actual spiders. Spider wet flies are a classic style of fly used in fly fishing, particularly in traditional European and British angling methods. Here's the deal: Classic Design: They're a type of wet fly with a long history, dating back over 300 years! Simple Construction: These flies are known for their ...
With the sun warming the air and the whisper of new life in the breeze, one thing's for sure: spring has sprung! And what better way to celebrate than by hitting the river and matching the hatch? Evening dance parties of insects above the water are a sure sign that the fish are getting hungry. That's ...
The freshwater shrimp, gammarus shrimp, or scuds, as they are commonly known, are a native freshwater crustacean found in rivers, lakes, small streams, and ponds. These little creatures play a vital role in freshwater ecosystems as they are detritivores and may also consume algae, mainly diatoms. In addition, scuds are considered an indicator species for ...
At the request of some beginner fisherman friends, I decided to make a short and informative article on how to make an Euro Nymphing Indicator. Forget those big, American things that float like fishing bobbers. Forget the fluffy things made of all kinds of materials. They have nothing to do with European-style nymph fishing. They are ...
As everybody knows perdigon nymphs works the best in super strong currents and in fast flowing rivers. The generators of these flies are the Spanish fishermen who started to add lead beads on their nymphs. Then they simplified the flies: big lead bead colored with a dark marked to simulate the insect back, body ...
Trout parachute flies are my way to go if the weather let me to use dry flies. I'm an avid fisherman and I love to fish not only with nymphs and streamers but also with dry flies. My favourite style is dry fly fishing with small flies but they are more and more difficult to ...
In Autumn fish are more picky and they eat small flies. Not because they do not love to eat big and succulent sedge or stone flies but in Autumn are a lot of midge and small flies. Based on these facts trout and grayling are feeding in frenzy with small and very small flies which ...
Something that I had in mind for several days : nymphs for starting season. My flies for starting season are different from what I use in Summer and Autumn because water is different and fish behaves different. Usually in March water is very cold and fish can be found in 2 places depending of ...
I started to use squirmy nymphs around 2013-2014. First time I used these flies on lakes on rainbow trout and black bass. I was impressed by how effective are. I'm a classic fisherman who love feathers and fur and I love traditional flies. So I looked at squirmy with curiosity and skepticism in the same ...
A trout fishermen know that the buggy nymphs are the best all around flies for trout fishing. They are great searching pattern because represent caddis flies, stone flies and even mayflies. Tied small a buggy nymph imitate baetis nymphs and emergers too. For these reasons is good to ...
