Fly Fishing Trip

What fly to use ?  After you have your rod the next question is which fly to use.   I like to have lots !  I needed lots to begin with as they decorated every available surface imaginable :) And I hate even the thought that I might not have enough of the right one for the job.   Besides I love the way they look and if all else fails, I can look at my fly case and wish I was fishing !                                     Gear I use: I normally use a Penn Fly Reel both for floating and sinking line and depending on the time of the year and what is around, favor Woolly Bugger flies   in various colors, but have caught mainly on the black woolly Bugger with the olive green one second best. What I love about fishing is being outside in the open air, with amazing scenery and painted skies like the one on the way to this fishing spot - what could be better ? A r...

We took a few weeks off work and headed for one of our favorite small rivers to camp out and just fish.  Unfortunately, we took a non fisher person !   Don't ever do it !  Sure, they say they will be happy just reading, just absorbing the peace and quiet..... until ...... just as you are into serious concentration there is a loud screech and "Hey, check this out ......  did you see this, ,,,  what about that bird, this bush  etc........   meanwhile the fish is long gone, not to mention                     your concentration !       We were lucky enough to return, by ourselves, without the non fisher person !   Armed with our new gear and some new techniques and better ways to tie on our flies so they wouldn't disappear at the first tug of the line we were again hooked  !!   I think this fishing think seems to be working in reverse  - we are hooked, the fish wasn't. ...