Trout Days - From a Guides Eyes

Wow, its been a while since my last post. I am going to try my hardest to keep up on a more regular basis. The last couple weeks of April and the first week of May have been had a mixture of bass and trout trips. This post will be about all the trout trips thus far.

We have been very busy and my new company Relentless Fly Fishing has hit the ground running. With the other guys in the shops we have 6 guides on the water these days, and everyone is doing a great job. The trout have been willing to please, and the bugs have started to come off nicely. The Tully and Breeches have been fishing very well, we have seen caddis, for a while now, and the sulphurs have started as well.

The spring creeks have also been fishing very well, they are all low and super clear right now, but if your approach and presentation are good, you will be successful. We have been seeing some caddis on most of them, but the sulphurs are starting up and the fish have noticed.

Some of my favorite patterns for this have been the Dead Ringer caddis pupa, CDC Parachute Sulphur, CDC Caddis, CDC Bubble Back caddis, Split Back Sulphur Nymph, and more.

It has been a wonderful season so far, and we have plenty of openings and new offerings on the guide side. Please give the shops a call if you are interested in hearing about all we have to offer.

Simms Dealer Camp

A brutal but awesome trip to the Salmon River. Went up to Pulaski to see the new line and was able to get out and fish a bit. Day one started off pleasant, but the front rolled in and it got cold. The next day we had to work for the fish, but we prevailed. Snow was coming down sideways and the wind was blowing 20mph plus. By day three we had 18 inches of snow and it didn't stop, we got out of there with the help of a bobcat and some man power just before the heavy stuff came down. Hot flies were all sucker spawn or some kind of egg pattern. Low and slow was the ticket to success.

Steelhead Saturday November 12th 2016

If you aren't doing much this Saturday, stop in the Boiling Springs shop to get yourself ready for this years steelhead trips. We will be having tying demos, casting demos, gear check list and fly selection presentation, and a steelhead movie to finish off the day. We will have 2 sales reps there, Mike Colegrove from Simms, Winston, and Scientific Anglers, and Steve Silverio from Partridge and Regal Vise. There will be Coffee, Donuts, Beer, and Pizza as well. Below is the schedule of events for the day.

10:00am - 11:00am - Frank (Chip) Swarner - Tying Great Lakes Steelhead flies

11:15am - 12:00pm - Jake Villwock - Steelhead Gear and Fly Selection

12:15pm - 1:00pm - Beer and Pizza

1:15pm - 2:00pm - Dusty Wissmath - Two Handed Spey Casting

2:15pm - 3:00pm Jake Villwock - Steelhead Tube Flies

3:15pm - 4:00pm - DVD - Metalheads

There will also be other tying demos throughout the day, as well as some product demos from the reps.