Hello Fly Fishing Anglers

So I had to try my hand at a Rutland Sparkler fly, must admit its not really my kind of fly but i was very pleased with it looks great ! Yesterday while  float tube fishing in bright sun and heat nailed two rainbow trout on it so well pleased

My Full Flex winner fly rod. This is a 6′6″ 2wt 2pc built on a very full flex private label blank. dark walnut insert with Arkansas cork and rubberized mix in the grip turned down into a slim style grip. “Rust” thread with CP and metallic gold trim bands, some jungle cock feather accents and personalized inscriptions.

Steve

Hook: Shown on size 10
Weight: 0.015 lead wire
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Wood duck flank
Back: Pheasant tail
Body: Yellow krystal string
Ribbing: Peacock herl
Hackle: Brown saddle hackle
Head: Black thread and SHAN

My Walleye on the Fly. I didn’t want to waste the beautiful weather so I drove up to a local spillway to do a little carp fishing. I only saw two, both out in the faster current which makes presenting a fly tough so I decided to see if I could find anything closer to the dam that was willing to eat. I looked through the boxes I had with me, tied on a size 2 chartreuse/white clouser and started casting. The spots I usually catch crappie at produced nothing so I moved a little closer to the dam. During my first retrieve in the new spot I thought I snagged up on a rock until the snag started shaking and I pulled in my first ever walleye on a fly. Nothing too big, but it was fun and it’s always nice to add another species to the catch list.
Caught another one a little smaller, then a smallish crappie:

I caught three walleye and three small crappie that were absolutely inhaling the big closer. Nice to get out for the afternoon, hopefully all the fathers out there had a good day as well.

Fathers Day trout fishing weekend and headed out and started with a pheasant tail – GRHE SH dropper with plenty of shot to get it down, but didn’t do anything for a while even though I fished every piece of water thoroughly. I did this because I couldn’t really tell where the runs were, just the general area. Wading was kind of like that TV show where contestants run an obstacle course and get hammered by foam pylons – you can see it coming, you know what you have to do, then you get slammed anyway, fall in the water and some kid in a inner tube says “…you ok, old man?”Tough trout fishing, no action, a nice layer of fog, time to change tactics. Swapped the SH for a bright pink SJ and caught a bow on my first cast, and then 2 more in short order.

Crappy picture of either a holdover or a stream born fish…..

Same general run, probably my 25th attempt, 5 or 6 to hand having a little fun with the stockers, when I lifted on one that didn’t budge. Two seconds later the fish figured out that the pink worm was biting back and he decided to head down river, up river, cross river, back to the run and just for fun – do it all over again. Considering the conditions and the fly, I would not have even hoped for this one……

Skinny, but solid 16-17″ brown trout that even though all fish are pretty, this guy was gorgeous. To top it off, you can see a healed gash in his back, probably from the heron two years ago.

The biggest thing I learned, or maybe re-learned, yesterday was that low and clear doesn’t always mean great fishing, high and stained means the fish are moving (and apparently hungry). Old browns will eat pink worms if given a chance. If you slip and splash, try to do it when there isn’t anyone around.

Great day, hope you got out. Happy Fathers Day!