Category: Flies

We pride ourselves on fishing any fly we can get our hands on and we like to spread the love to the folks that tie the flies that work for us. These are our “confidence patterns” the ones that always seem to work.

We will be offering flies for sale from several tiers. Sometimes it will be a fly you can purchase elsewhere but some of our flies will be from tiers we know that are not commercial. We will be updating the page throughout the year so please feel free to contact us and we will be glad to get you on your new favorite fly!

Penns Creek, Green Drake, Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Tradition

Stream Report Fishing during the day can be productive with nymphs and swinging wet flies. Fish were taken on swung Olive Holy Grail Caddis soft hackles, prince nymphs, pheasant tails, and Tan caddis . The main action on top has been from 7pm on. Sulphurs, March Browns, Rusty Spinners, tan and black caddis and Drakes …

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Low & Slow: winter game tactics

   That’s it. Really. That is all there is to say.    It’s no secret that the action slows down in the winter but that doesn’t mean you have to stay inside and suffer the suffocating agony that is cabin fever in the modern age: useless online fishing forum rants. (kinda like this one!)    …

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The O4P’s of Fly Fishing (a method for beginners)

One of the most common questions I get about Lake Erie steelhead fishing is “what do I use?” The answer depends on a lot of factors, so lets look at a few of them. Honestly there are a lot of good flies out there, the white wooley bugger, frenchies, steelie omelet, rosetta stone, and intruders …

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