Here are some pics from the stonefly hatch back in June…..
Smallmouth Action! Red Hot!
This is the time of the year when it is super fun to wet wade in warm water and catch lots of smallmouth bass. This day was no exception for that case………
These fish will take anything from poppers on the surface to dropped nymphs through the water column.
The nymphing can be very successful with white [...]
Winter Steelheading With Supreme Natives
This is the time of the year for the largest wild native steelhead to enter their natal streams, and with the right conditions, you can possibly rope into one. Whether you can land it or not, is another story, but it will haunt you regardless. Last Sunday, I was both blessed and haunted. Haunted because [...]
Nymphing Tips
There are also two variables that I go by with my guiding and it has to do with dead drift skills for the individual angler.
If you are great at dead drifting, stack mending, and you can get get the longest flawless uninterupted dead drifts, then I try and use the lightest weight possible (meaning flies [...]