Oh boy! When bass start to look up and patrol just below the surface it's time for bass popper flies! Fly fishing for bass with poppers is probably one of the greatest and addicting forms of dry fly fishing. As the heat of the spring and summer drive bass closer to...
1. Woolly Bugger (Sizes 4-12) Woolly Buggers are extremely versatile streamers perfect for nearly every body of water and can imitate a large variety of food sources such as baitfish, damselfly larvae, and large mayfly emergers. 2. Ella's Beast (Sizes 8-10) Ella's Beast is a smaller flashy alternative to the Woolly Bugger. This...
The elation of watching a good fish hit the net is difficult to explain to non-fishing folks. Conversely, few things match the hurt of a tight line suddenly going limp as a solid trout swims back into it's home unaware of the pain felt by the angler just a few...
We all know and see big nasty articulated streamers in the fly shops and online thinking would a trout really eat that thing? Isn’t it too big? In most cases yes, a lot of big crazy streamers are overkill but making sure you are equipped with a solid selection of...
Have you ever been sure that there is a big brown trout hunkered down in the deepest parts of pocket water, but it’s guarded by boulders, logs, and snags? And after losing 4 streamers you give up. You just lost $25, or an hour at the vise. Well, there might...
Everyone loves “meat” flies. I’m no exception -- I love swingin’ meat to t-rex sized fish. When I first got into streamers, I loved the idea of going after those dino sized trout you can’t get with a 22 sized BWO. But now, let’s face it, it’s an addiction. Years ago,...
