Recent content by Reel fun

I've never used a dry fly on ice before.

A friend of mine had that happen to him in Idaho around 15 years ago. I have it on video .... somewhere.

I agree. The worst I've seen was a few years ago on Henry's Lake. I was in my pontoon boat and had three instances of encroachment/ poor behavior. That lake deservedly gets a lot of pressure, but that was probably my last trip there.

I've used rio fluro flex plus in 2x ( they call it something else now) for years now and always thought it was pretty good stuff. What do you like?

Around 12 to 14". I tie the PT with no extra weight so it doesn't sink too far. I'll never get tired of seeing that parachute disappear.

I fish the hatch on Hebgen Lake and have had the best luck with a flashback pt nymph dropper under a callabaetis colored parachute. I've met a few fishermen there who consider that beneath them, like it's cheating. Call me a cheater, I don't care, it works very well.

A few years ago I started tying Royal Wulffs with a white poly wing instead of calf body hair. So much quicker and easier.

Solid fish. Extra points if you caught it on a dry!

I should add that some of the lakes near the top of the Beartooth Highway involve very little elevation gain. Some of the high lakes have a lot of small brookies in them. They're all beautiful.

The first week in July is a little early most years, although with our meager snow so far it may be all right this year.

You must be living right! Super photo of the eagle.

Yeah, how deep?

Nice!

Those both look nice. Have you tested them in the weeds? I'm trying to come up with a way to use a large jig hook with a soft foam popper head for bass.

I'll be tying some bass bugs and smaller foam bodied bugs for bluegill this winter and would like to have some that are least weed resistant. Has anyone experimented with using material on the fly itself as a weedguard. Bucktail comes to mind. Or is that not stiff enough? I should mention that...