On the Fly Custom Fly Shop

On the Fly Outfitters will be going live with our custom fly shop within the next two weeks.Stayed tuned for an introduction to On the Fly tier Johnny Basile. I'm pumped to have him joining the team. This guy ties some funky stuff that straight up catches fish! All flies tied on Fly Tiers Corner can be ordered by the dozen via email.

Took an old co-worker and his buddy on the Swift last Sunday and got into a few fish on midges. The numbers of fish in the usual spots were slim. We were able to take a few cruisers at the Y pool on zebra midges and Rob managed this nice bow up in the bubbler drifting a San Juan into his face a few times before finally getting him mad enough to take. Saw a few deer in the morning walking in and also a couple small black mink.

Cant wait to fish the Swift this spring.

Thanks again Rob and Dan...I had some great laughs, especially when Dan decided to go swimming! Look forward to fishing with you guys again soon!

Farmington River

I was able to get out last weekend on the Farmington. We ran into a nice mix of stone/caddis hatch in the late morning and caught a few fish on top on #20 stones before the river banks got a little too crowded for comfort. The fish were cruising in pods and very active. It was tough to leave all those fish cruising but we wanted to get away from the crowds, so after taking a few fish on top we then headed down stream and were able to nymph up a few good browns on Stones/czechs. We had a slight drizzle in the morning which gave way to sun for the rest of the day. Surprisingly enough we didn't run into the crowds I expected and had our choice of riffles/pools all day.

A great day in the water!

Allagash Wilderness Waterway

My brother in-laws took and I a 70 mile kayak trip into the Allagash in northwestern Maine. The trip was highlighted by many moose sightings, beautiful native brook trout and great camp sites. Maine does a great job at keeping these sites very clean and the waterway as rustic as it was back when Thoreau made his journey down the river.

we camped for 4 nights making our way through three mountain lakes full of trout. There were nine miles of rapids at the beggining of our trip called chase rapids which held some nice trout in the different pools and bends. Hitting basically anything we threw from buggers to czech nymphs the fishing was unreal. Everywhere pool we cast in seemed like it was holding trout. The flow of the mayfly hatch up the river everynight was sort of like watching a play. the fluid rythem of the mayflys could put you in a trance and I caught myself stairing one night for about an hour until the temp dropped and the performace stopped.