Bluebirds

I looked out my front picture window this afternoon to see a good sight: bluebirds feeding. It brightened my day quite a bit. I love all types of native birds. They add a soundtrack that is very enjoyable on a stream. One of my favorite songs is the call of chickadees accompanied by falling water.

The background noise is the fly fishing documentary film 'Eastern Rises'. It is really good, I highly recommend it

The male wouldn't stop moving!

How I Organize My Trout Flies

I am bored and haven't been able to fish, so I've been tying and organizing flies.

All around trout box: Dries on one side; wets, nymphs, and streamers on the other.

Match the Hatch box; dries, emergers, and pupa patterns for terrestrials, mayflies, stoneflies, and caddis.

Streamers, worms, eggs, and nymphs.

Small Stuff: Midges, small mayflies, cluster midges, micro-caddis pupa

Golden Stone Nymph

Tied a few of these yesterday....

Hook: Size 10 curved caddis, 2x heavy
Weight: 15 wraps of copper wire
Bead: glass, tan
Tail: yellow biots
Body: yellow silk
Ribbing: Orange superfloss and natural quill
Abdoman: olive poly dubbing
Legs: yellow biots
Wingcases: olive duck quills

Some Scouting

Today I went out to scout out a familiar stream for some productive sections that I hadn't fished yet. I found some good pools and runs for the native brookies and a couple large flats for big, smart, picky wild brown trout.

This old hemlock was huge, an actual old growth.

Some Saltwater Tying

I've been stocking up on patterns for stripers, blues, and albies, I plan to spend a bit more time in the salt this year. Hopefully it won't be as big a bust as last year! I only managed a small sea robin, a couple snapper blues, and a crab.