Trapped in Ruby Tuesday's

This story started the night before I headed west to Ohio to fish. All winter I wanted to drive around in four wheel drive in a deep snow storm and pull someone out of the ditch with my new truck. Well minutes before I got home, I got a call from a co-worker asking if I could come back out and help a lady stuck in a ditch. Score, spun the truck around and out I went, after pulling her out of the ditch I returned home to pack for my trip. Waking up at 5:30 to 8-10 inches of snow on the ground the truck went into four wheel drive until I hit Pittsburgh. Winter was now complete, so what better way to welcome the spring than a few steelhead?

Justin Pribanic a fellow guide and friend asked me to come out for a few days of hard fishing, I welcomed the idea and after the first day of freezing our asses off, we found ourselves in a Red Robbin eating a burger and some wings. We were the last ones in the restaurant besides one family, and we couldn't get our check for some reason. Justin says "man I feel like we are trapped in Ruby Tuesday's" I just laughed because that was the third time we called Red Robbin, Ruby Tuesdays that night.

Anyway, those are the none fishing stories from the trip. Justin and I did in fact fish hard for 3 days, on the water early and not off until we couldn't see. We swung flies, fished bobbers, and walked a lot. It was all worth it with 8-10 fish days maybe more, we didn't keep count. The primary tactic was swinging and it was very productive, Justin really knows his water and his flies. 

Featured Fly - Tube Intruder

The Intruder is a pattern that has many shapes and sizes; it can be tied using just about any material out there. This is my variation of the Intruder tied on a Pro Flytyer tube. These tubes are very nice; they allow you to change weight and length very easily. They also have a lot of accessories such as cone heads, and sonic discs to really give the flies life.

Here are a few examples:

This one will work for Smallmouth and Steelhead

This one is good for Steelhead

This one works well for Smallmouth as well as Steelhead

With the Fall Salmon and Steelhead season finally here, I will be doing a series of tube flies. Many of these tubes will work not only for Steelhead and Salmon, but will work equally as well for Smallmouth and Trout. On top of the cold water season, the saltwater season is just starting to heat up. Look for at least one pattern for Stripers in the mix as well.

One awesome thing about tubes is that you can tie them for any type of fishing not just steelhead!

Intruder Tube Fly