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Roaring brook in Eastern Connecticut is one of the major tribs of the upper Willimantic river. It starts out in Union as a swamp and flows basically southwest through parts of Stafford and into...

Peconic,
There was a big deal made about this emergence the last time it happened. Lots of people came into the sport shop i was working at asking about them never really marterialized into a...

Check out the frogg toggs wading jackets very light weight and under $150. Also Greys has their Strata wading jacket for &180 itvis very good.


Steve

wood river,
that was not funny!!!!!

Nick,
I have two 2wt rods 8' TFO pro series and 7' greys GS2, I use the shorter on for tight small stream fishing. I use the 8' rod for days were I may be fishing a small stream the junctions with a...

C,
from your list you seem to be on the heavy side, if I were you I would look in the 9-9'6" range either 4 or 5 wt. belive it or not there is a large difference in what you can do with a 3wt and...

to all the raise the license call - I remember a few years ago they raised the price - license sale thru the shop were literally cut in half. The answer it to go back to puting the $$ from all...

Ben,
Truly beautiful flies and a high honor as a tyer to be chosen to tie for this book. I really love how the Ahmad's Blue uses more modern materials to give the classic style and look, very nice...

Z,
it is only one or two steps eliminated the body, ribbing and tail still get tied in. I have the same line with the gummy minnow material and the mister twister looking bodies the go on streamer...

Ghause,
there are several speices of Rychophia caddis that the nymph imitates. They range in size from 14-8 so the larger sized Ryo's will be nearly a size 12 or 14 by now. They are also a large...

that is a good one and it is a fish producer.

steve

Stan,
Montana fly company has the exact same thorax /legs/wing case molds in assoted sizes and colors. i have tried them for some golden stone patterns and they are awesome.

Steve

riflyguy,
in place of the scud hook on the deep version use a wet fly hook. post a picture when your done.

steve

Flyguy,
Tomas Ames book is probably the best basic book on the subject, but it only covers general hatches. If you you dig deeper you will find a whole lot of other bugs to mimic. One of the things...

radoman,
Three great basic books are:
Matching the hatch: Ernest Schwiebert
Handbook of hatches: Dave Hughes
An anglers guide to Aquatic insects: Rick Hafele & Scott Roederer
three more...

To your question i have two of the new ultra lite large arbor. I bought two last October one dd4000 and a cc3000 they both worked great all year no problems and landed many larger trout on them. I...

red,
you can have mine when they pry my cold dead finger from it. I would try e-bay or clarks classic rod forum.

steve

z fisher,
If they are for regular trout cut the rear hook, if your going for steelhead cut the mid hook. By cutting the rear hook for garden variety trout your putting the hook point right were thye...

RIflyguy,
fishing some of the same waters you do, I would go with a 9' 5wt. versital as close to all around as you can get. for brands go with what you like, I will second the greys the XF2 stream...

Flyrodder,
what pork and Jon wrote is about it. strait spey casting was pretty much intended for faster currents to load the rod. The perry poke is good in that type of water but unless you have...

I have recently re joined TU after about an 18 years away. they do good things locally and do have a powerful influence nationally. One thing we need to remember is not only should we work to protect...

Rich,
good choice Ron is a great guy and interesting speaker. I got a to talk to him a bit when I did a presentation that the Nutmeg TU chapter last winter. I will try and make a point to be there....

FK,
an there lies the true problem with the restoration predation. I saw a talk two years ago by one of the seanor staff st the sunderland hatchery in mass. He had a pin on that said eat a striper...

Wood duck would be ONE item I would not buy on line, there is a great difference in the quality you can get even from the same supplier. I got some from a very good internet source and most of it was...

I will second porks coments, I use a 6 wt. switch rod for spring steelhead and have little trouble, so a local 12-20 inch trout will barely put a bend in it. If you just want to two hand fish for...