It sure has been busy over at Knee Deep Headquarters. I’ve squeezed in some fishing between trying to be a good parent and a retainable employee at the day job. (I love my crazy kids and I have become that annoying guy who’s really excited to walk into the office.) In our region there is still a bit of decent fishing weather left though it’s wader wearing time and it sure feels good to jump in the truck and fire up the heat as the sun goes down. I’m praying for rain but not too much!
I’m busying myself making fly tying videos here and there. I was making them in double speed so they would look good on social media but I wanted to change it up and leave them at normal pace so you can follow along more easily. There all out there on my Youtube channel but I’ll work on more normal speed videos of my favorite flies to share here.
The fly below is a great streamer for everything (panfish LOVE it fished down deep) but when you find a pod of fresh hatchery trout that don’t know how to eat food in the wild, this can elicit some strikes. I forget to try it many times but I was out with the gang from District Angling for some much needed fishing time and we found some monster farm fish that didn’t know they were trout yet. This fly was the magic recipe for me and I put some fat fish in the net. I hope you tie up a few to tuck into that day-saver box. By the way, Rich and his crew at District Angling have some great fall clinics lined up if you’re looking to get out on some private water. If you showed up with this rigged up, I know they’d get a kick out of it!
