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Fly In Focus: Skully Bugger(Post)
Fly In Focus: Skully BuggerThis is not your grandfather's wooly bugger! This is a big fly, for big, aggressive, meat eating fish. The Skully Bugger is simply a game changer. Between the realis ...
Get Your Wooly Bugger On!(Post)Its autumn, the leaves are turning, there’s a chill in the air, the Brown Trout are spawning, and our local rivers aren’t nearly as crowed. What time is it? It’s Bugger time! Nothing gets me fire ...
Lessons on Guided Trips(Post)Lessons On Guided TripsI been very fortunate in life to be able to have gone on many of a guided fly-fishing trip. There are several things I’ve learned along the way.Roll With The PunchesGuides ...
Observation Skills to Improve Your Success on the Water(Post)Observation. It is a critical skill to learn. If you want to improve your fly fishing skills, one of the best things you can do is work on your observation skills. Far too many ...
Fly In Focus: Ray Charles(Post)“Even a blind man can catch fish with this fly“….and so the legend goes of how the “Ray Charles” fly got its name. The pattern originated as a “guide fly” on Montana’s tail waters as a sow bug imi ...
Dress Your Fly For Success(Post)Presenting a fly fishing fly is all about making your offering look as natural as possible. This includes a drag free drift properly placed in the water. But it also includes the correct ...
Autumn Fly Fishing & BWO's(Post)Autumn is upon us! I love this time of year. The dog days of summer are gone, the days are getting shorter, and the leaves are turning. The crisp coolness of the air is something ...
Versatile Fly Patterns(Post)Sometimes you get in a situation where you just don't have the right bug. However, there are some versatile patterns that might be close enough. Here are a few of my favorites: Zebra Midges - Sounds ...
Tailwater(Post)One of the lucky side effects of dams is the creation of trout habitat in the tailwaters below them. The damming of rivers, and resultant cooling of the rivers below has added thousands of miles of t ...
Have a Panfish Session(Post)One of the goals of RiverBum is to open up the sport of fly fishing to more folks, from all walks of life, and all ages. Those of us that have been fishing for a while likely started out with a bo ...
The Salmonfly Hatch(Post)I’m headed out to Montana in a few weeks to fish the Salmonfly hatch with Jim Mitchell, one of the best guides I have ever fished with and all around great guy. This is a world-famous hatch that ...
Why We Love Monic Fly Lines(Post)Monic fly lines perform in ALL TEMPERATURES. If you're fishing in the heat of the summer, or the cold of winter, they simply perform. They are made of 100% PVC Free and are made of eco-fr ...
Hammer The Hatch(Post)If you want to improve as a Flyfisher and bring more fish to the net, you really need to know your bugs, and their life cycles. Mayflies will go from nymphs, emerger, dun, then spinner.& ...
10 Must-Have Trout Flies For Fall Fly Fishing(Post)Fall showers bring high water and fast currents, not to mention aggressive trout. Navigating these cold waters can be a difficult task for fly fishers without the right flies.The Right Fly With ...
Fishless Friday(Post)The weather is beautiful, 65 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. The river is on the drop, the watershed is opening up……it going to be a big day, and I can just feel it!I head up river, way up riv ...
Winter Nymph Tactics(Post)One great thing about where I live is that we have a year-round fishing season. Though it sounds crazy to some, I actually really enjoy winter fly fishing, especially on some of the super productive ...
