Gar are high on my list for this next summer.  I’d take them on any tackle but I hope to hit some waters where the populations are good enough to target them with a fly rod.
The area I will be [read more]

First the esox will say “I’m lovin’ it” and then they’ll regret they ate it…
McBypass – 8″ of 4/0 tastiness (pike – small musky size)

And the McDoubleBypass – 13″ of double 4/0 gluttony (only the fattest esox need apply)

A classic color [read more]

I don’t fish the Woolly Bugger enough.  I have no idea why.  When I fished a lot of lures I liked anything that didn’t look like much, especially jigs.  And buggers fit that same idea.  Is it a huge nymph, [read more]

This is one of my first attempts at using a bass worm hook for a bendback, I tied bunch over the bast couple weeks.  We’ll see how well it works.  The worm hooks are somewhat hard to to tie on, [read more]

Today’s fly of the day: The Steel Woolly Bugger
Make sure to use fine steel wool and stout thread…
Fish it around shipwrecks for Bowfin (they feed on sometimes on ship hulls, that way they get their iron).  Also a good pattern [read more]

Swamp thing…  slough shark snack
4/0 hook with a long rabbit zonker tail, icelandic sheep hair, and hackles (about 8″ long)

Pretty basic dahlberg diver pattern in a bullhead flavor. Good general bass, pike, bowfin fly. However, these patterns work great on a fast sinking line too and I have a spot with some sub-10lb Flathead Catfish that I think might [read more]

A ‘cuda style pattern, its like a little hot sauce for esox.  A little christmas tinsel, yak hair, hackles, and marabou on a 2/0 hook…

I like to fish streamers that are tied bendback style pretty often, they slide through annoying weeds, sticks, and rocks with surprising ease for such a simple design.

Some black craft hair, white bucktail, holo-christmas tinsel, a whole bunch of green [read more]

Tandem 0/4 hooks, krystal flash, christmas tinsel, craft hair, bucktail, marabou, eyes…  the whole package is a little over 10″ long.
Tempt me a cisco eating esox…