Lake Trout on Rocky Reef
I will gone for a few days in search of fall lake trout in Canada. Upon my return I plan to have photos and stories of lakers on the fly in the shallow waters off Rocky Reef. Watch for the posts next weeek. GB
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Lefty’s No-Slip Loop Knot
In the last post I described the non-slip knot that my old friend Harry Kime showed me many years ago. He called it the Casa Mar knot, but I changed the name to honor this pioneer of salt water fishing. I had a note from a reader that the knot is also called Clifford’s Knot, […]
Kime’s Clincher
I had some comments about the Belize Knot that Jeff Parker showed me, and so I thought I’d go back and work through some similar knots that have been developed over the years. Harry Kime was one of the originals. Salt water flowed in his veins, and he never missed a chance to take is […]
Belize Knot
Nancy and I spent a four day weekend on the shores of lake Michigan, and it got me to thinking of an upcoming trip to Ontario to fish for Lake Trout and, of course, the fall salmon and brown season. In turn that got me to thinking about fishing the flies on a loop knot. […]
Tenkara Fishing
My apologies to those of you who view this blog on a regular basis. We lost our internet connection about a week ago and our service provider danced around the problem trying a variety of fixes that didn’t work. Then came the holiday, and they were closed. Finally they came out yesterday and replaced our […]
Abel Trout Skin Reels
Abel Reels is always coming up with new things for the fly fisher. Years ago, they started producing their very high quality reels with finishes that stepped well beyond the usual boundaries of the traditional black, gold, or silver. Now they’ve gone one better: reels that reflect the skin of trout. They are certainly beautiful—more […]
Stripers at Night
My Dutch buddy, Theo Bakelaar, was here in June to fish for stripers on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. It can be a fabulous fishery when things are right, and Theo hit in spot on. There can be good fishing both day and night, with the dark hours usually trumping the daylight. Interestingly, the big […]
Fleeing Crayfish
My friend Keith Scott, Bluesman, performs 200 shows a year throughout the US and Canada, and Europe keithscottheavyblues.com/. On top of that. he’s a maniac fly fisher. He performed at Malarkeys Pub here in Wausau the other night and we started talking about smallmouth bass. Then yesterday I received an inquiry from Chris McCall regarding […]
John Beth Custom Knives
My fishing buddy, guitar playing, music composing, general all-around good guy, John Beth is also a very fine custom knife maker. He regularly sends out his “Knife News” email letter to any who want it. Unfortunately John does not have a web site, but anyone who want to receive his news letter can contact him […]
Bugskin Flatfish (Baby Flounder)
My friend, Chuck Furimsky, founder and manager of The Fly Fishing Shows, is also the developer of Bugskin. It’s a thin leather product used in fly tying. Well, Chuck was cleaning a striper and found 3 baby flounders in its stomach. So what else could he do but tie a baby flounder fly? He found […]