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John Kavanaugh joins us again for this week’s fly tying video and twists up the Last Chance Cornuta Cripple. This is fly is John's take on Rene Harrop's deadly Western pattern. It has been adapted for an East Coast hatch, the Cornuta or Large Blue Winged Olive. Sometimes emerging insects get stuck in their shuck and cannot emerge. This leaves them in a Very vulnerable state (crippled) and makes them an attractive meal to a waiting Trout. This pattern really matches the profile of a crippled Ma...
John Kavanaugh joins us again for this week’s fly tying video and twists up the Last Chance Cornuta Cripple. This is fly is John's take on Rene Harrop's deadly Western pattern. It has been adapted for an East Coast hatch, the Cornuta or Large Blue Winged Olive. Sometimes emerging insects get stuck in their shuck and cannot emerge. This leaves them in a Very vulnerable state (crippled) and makes them an attractive meal to a waiting Trout. This pattern really matches the profile of a crippled Ma...
For this week’s Fly Tying Video we are super fortunate to have our good friend John Kavanaugh. John joins the podcast with his Saltwater Fly Pattern the H.T.A. or Hy Tye Anchovy. This is a FANTASTIC fly pattern that was developed to imitate an Anchovy. This is a huge forage off the North East and Mid Atlantic coasts for the False Albacore. Damn near every False Albacore I have ever boated was fooled by the Hy Tye Anchovy. John really nailed this one. It is cheap, easy, indestructible, and a de...
This week we drop video from BUG WEEK 2011! Wow, the Catskills were ON FIRE this year. The morning Olives decided not to roll, so we *GASP* nymphed and looked (found) some for morning spinner falls. The Drakes came off like clockwork, but *GASP AGAIN* were IGNORED in favor of that sneaky underdog Mayfly known as the MARCH BROWN. Amazing Dry Fly action was had by all, and Limey Rich and I only went up in flames one night because of the Damned Sulphur Spinners, long story... Anyway, sit back and...
Fly Tying Video-HD JC's Electric CaddisFor this week's fly tying video, John Collins and I revisit the Electric Caddis. This was one of our first videos way back when people still had cameras that had tape (two years ago LOL.)Anyway, John has made a few tweaks in the pattern, and we thought we should shoot it in HD. Thanks to Regal Engineering and Clearcure Goo for the support!Also remember to check out the video I did with Jeff blood for the White Death Pattern athttps://www.facebook.com/page...
This week Jeff Blood ties up the Blood Dot. This is hands down, the best egg pattern out there. This is a great fly in the fall and spring when eggs are in the drift and a readily available food source. These are also highly productive candy flies or attractor patterns in your nymph rigs. There are a few elements built in to the design of this fly that make it work. The first is translucency. Get the fly wet and watch the way light passes through it. They glow just like a real egg does. The se...
This week’s fly fishing video is a companion piece to my article "Bug Week" in KYPE magazine Vol. 3 issue #1. This video captures the sights and sounds of our favorite yearly excursion to the Catskills in 2010. Music by North East favorites Cable with the songs "The Reason I'm Poor" and "Palm Sunday" used by permission. Make sure and turn this one up! The conditions were terrible in 2010 with high air temps and low flows. These conditions made an already super tough fishery near impossible. Th...
I am mad about this fly. When I say that I mean I am ANGRY! Eric Stroup has once again NAILED a super simple and effective guide style fly pattern. Why did I not think of this?!!! Damn my square head and ham fists! Anyway, Eric has come up with a fantastic BWO Nymph pattern that uses all of 4 materials that you already own. This is a fly that you can tie in three minutes and it crushes the fishes. The Jbug can be tied all big style to represent the early spring olives, or you can tie it in the...
I am super excited to have Mike Schmidt on the podcast! Mike is a hell of a fly tyer, and he kind of specializes in streamers. I am talking about the really big stuff you throw for huge fish. This is an articulate streamer about 5 inches long. Mike designed it to be light enough to cast with a fast action 5 weight, but heavy enough to get down. It looks like a small Chub or Brown Trout and has 2 hooks. One hook is up, and the other one is down. This means that if a big Trout short strikes, it ...
In 2009 we had all the water in the world. The East Coast also enjoyed nice cool weather all summer long. There were a mere 5 days in 2009 that the water was too warm to fish for Trout. 2010 was a way different story. We started out with high muddy rivers, and ended up with super heated trickles. This made for a tough season. I was done guiding for Trout in June, and the filming options went out the window. We couldn’t even drive 3 or 4 hours to find water to film on! Anyway, the Trout made it...
