I don't fish- I hunt...trout that is! Every step I take into my secret little world on my tiny spring creeks in the national forest down my road, is a spiritual hallowed journey of learning and reverence. Each wild brown trout I catch in these historic icy- cold, skinny waters, teaches me … [Read more...] about Every Wild Brown Trout Tells a Story
Dry Fly
The Enigmatic Masking Hatch
( Image: A freshly hatched Sulphur dun that crawled up on my waders on the West Branch of the Delaware in the Catskills as it was shedding its nymphal shuck that looks like a Pheasant Tail nymph - thus the case for a Sulphur dry with a brown Z-lon tail shuck and a PT dropper during this hatch- … [Read more...] about The Enigmatic Masking Hatch
COLD STONED
By official decree of the Trout Gods the Plecopteran spring has officially sprung! Hence the EBS meniscus emergency rescue service has arrived. As another sunless dreary winter seems to be a thing of the past I never knew what a soul and sanity rescuing service the hatch of Early Black Stoneflies … [Read more...] about COLD STONED
Chasing Marinaro’s Big Spring- Wild Trout Utopian Dreams still in Limbo
( A stunningly beautiful and vibrant colored Big Spring wild brook trout-author image-circa 2015) βMan's Utopian dreams get circumvented through compromise and disappointment into a tolerable reality.β(quote by Stewart Stafford) It was as pure and utopian as a wild brook trout heaven could … [Read more...] about Chasing Marinaro’s Big Spring- Wild Trout Utopian Dreams still in Limbo
MICROMANAGING MINUTIAE-OVERCOMING TINY FLY PHOBIA
( Though many of us love to fish dries and swinging wets, Midges and micro crustaceans are a trout's bread and butter in the benthic bio drift in winter as pictured above. Thus entailing nymphing either traditional or Euro style. Though we tend to confuse midge larvae color with adults' coloration … [Read more...] about MICROMANAGING MINUTIAE-OVERCOMING TINY FLY PHOBIA
Autumn Caddis & The Trout and Steelhead of October
( A gorgeous October Michigan rainbow- resident Eagle Lake California strain that Michigan has adopted- or Michigan strain steelhead that hasn't smolted due to its stubbornness- you be the judge. Regardless, this 15 inch fish jumped chrome silver and put up a blistering fight on a 12 foot 3 weight … [Read more...] about Autumn Caddis & The Trout and Steelhead of October