Category Archives: Flies and Fly Tying

The Hendricksons are Here! Yes, the Hendricksons are on the Farmington River. In fact they started showing up in the Collinsville stretch about 10 days ago.  Then two cold days last week shut the hatch down. So weather has been … Continue reading →

The “Eighty-Eight”, a Forgotten Fly See newer link https://edmitchelloutdoors.com/2024/10/24/a-forgotten-fly/ A while back, I was looking though Paul Schmookler’s massive tome Forgotten Flies. Wow, what a fascinating book. There I came across a picture of a streamer fly I first learned of … Continue reading →

The Hendricksons are Coming Spring is the time of year when what is arguably the best dry fly action of the season is set to come off. I’m referring to Ephemerella subvaria, the mighty Hendricksons. Like all hatches on freestone … Continue reading →

More on Soft Hackles Been fishing. Unbeknownst to me the stream had been stocked the day before I arrived. That’s the good news. The bad news is everybody else in town must have known. The place was packed with anglers. … Continue reading →

A Look at Strike Indicators: Part Three In this final post, we are goin to look at two variants -the “Release Indicator” and the “Hopper-Dropper”. I believe both were developed out West.  Release Indicators were created for trout fishing in … Continue reading →