Thursday, January 23, 2014

Filling the Boxes

I am currently working on filling my fly boxes for the upcoming season. If I were in the northern part of the state I might be doing some midge fishing or looking for stealhead in some other way, but that is not the case.

If you don't know this about me, I am currently studying for the Michigan Bar Exam (February 25th and 26th) and I really needed some stoke to keep my sails full. That stoke came in the form of some FlyFishing Film Tour Tix (F3T). Two days after the bar exam I will be sitting in the Michigan Theater with a clear head and the excitement of a kid on Christmas. Go check out the trailers and head over the Schultz Outfitters in Ypsilanti to get some tickets; it is going to be a good time.

Anyhow, the boxes are getting filled with patterns that seem sort of odd to me: big meaty streamers. It is not how I normally flyfish, but I am told that it is one of the more productive approaches to take with warm water fish in southeast Michigan. We will see.

Check them out.

-J


Clouser Minnows


A couple Hex tied as a break from streamers.


My copy of Morlock's CrawBunny


CrawBunny up close.

2 comments:

Sharkbytes said...

I have tied one fly in my life at a Scout expo thing, and never fly fished. But I can see you are hooked. :-P Best of luck on your exam.

Unknown said...

I have always loved fly tying. There is just something that gives you a greater connection to the act of fishing when you created and tied the fly that lands a fish.

It is much better than just buying them and fishing them. You might as well use lures at that point.

J