EAGER'S 409 - FLY TYING TUTORIAL This has quickly become one of our go-to dry flies through late spring and summer. It ticks all of the boxes I have for a small stream dry fly: 1) Floats REALLY well, 2) is easy to see, and 3) fish love 'em.
The squirmy worm hit the world by storm a few years back and has been smoking fish ever since. There was always one problem with it, the material melts and shreds apart very easily.
A stupid simple caddis nymph. This is an incredibly basic pattern that requires basic materials and skill. If you're new to fly tying this a good pattern to get started on!
The Big Ploppa is designed to hold massive amounts of weight for dry/dropper rigs! Typically, when our March Browns are hatching in VA, we higher water flows. This means you need a heavy fly that can get down to the bottom.
The Big Bunny. This articulated fly is for trout, bass, or anything else that eats baitfish.
We fish these on our local rivers in Virginia: the Jackson, Smith, and the James River behind the shop to name a few. It's a basic design, think, articulated Zonker - with more bunny.
Fly lines can be confusing. Especially sinking fly lines. This blog breaks down the most used styles in common, but technical lingo and should give you a better understanding of the different sinking fly lines.
The Frenchie has become a modern staple. It takes the fish catching powers of the Pheasant Tail Nymph and places that on a modernized platform. This pattern was developed by fish catching guru, Lance Egan.
With over 49,350 miles of river in Virginia, you’d think I would never hear someone say, “There’s nowhere to fish around here.” But, I do - quite frequently. Here in Central Virginia we have access to a plethora of watersheds
This is a great wet fly! It takes the classic elements of a wet fly and meshes them with modern materials (ie. resin and rubber legs). In this video we showcase the UV resin technique that helps you get the glossy smooth body.
The Gulp Minnow is a classic soft plastic well-known in the conventional world. They've caught millions of fish because they imitate one of the most consistent prey for fish, other fish.
There you stand knee deep in water. Thirty feet away, you see the splashy rise of a trout. You swiftly pull out line and punch your cast where you think that fish was. The fly rips through the air and splats down. She floats by and…nothing. You repeat the process several more times - nothing. You shrug it off and assume that fish just didn’t want your bug.
A more likely assumption is that your fly was nowhere near that trout.
