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Beaver Island / carp / flies — Comments Off
Jan 31
2012

Carp Fly swap

A few weeks ago Lonny from Colorado emailed about a Beaver Island carp trip, which he ultimately booked for July. In the email exchange he mentioned that he was doing this cool carp fly swap at the Fly-Carpin blog. Kevin checked it out and it did look cool with some big names and friends like Will Rice, Jean-Paul Lipton, John Montana, and Barry Reynolds involved (the carperati?). A few emails later and Kevin was invited to the party.

And check out this cool post over on Fly-Carpin’ about Morlock’s Bunny Craw.

carp fly pattern

flies — Comments Off
Nov 29
2011

Steve’s fly box

Steve’s been busy tying flies. He’s been particularly interested in trying to imitate the translucence and durable spherical shape of a bead in a tied fly. Steve says this egg looks fantastic in the water. Maybe we can get some instructions from him for tying up some of these eggs. And maybe, more importantly, we can help him field test them on the river?

michgian steelhead flies

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Oct 13
2011

cohos on Kreb’s poppers

No, not in Michigan, though I’d like to try here. These cohos and these poppers are out in Oregon, being fished by Jay Nicholas in Tillamook Bay. And get this: they are poppers from Gary Kreb’s popper jig! All the way from Indiana to a coho’s mouth in Oregon. Looks like Hareline Dubbin has picked up Gary’s jig sets and hopefully you’ll see them coming to a shop near you soon.

The Caddis Fly shop has a great webpage up featuring Kreb’s popper jigs. They even threw up our video about using the jigs and FlyMaster’s as well.

flies / salmon — Comments Off
Oct 12
2011

egg sucking sculpin

Kevin wanted an easy and quick to tie “sculpin stealing an egg” fly that looked natural in the water. Easy and quick meaning it did not involve a trimmed deer hair head. With a few changes he modified Walt Grau’s Easy Sculpin and came up with a fly that has ended up in the mouth of many a salmon this season.

Kevin likes the rag yarn because it is a blend of several natural colors, giving it that mottled sculpin look. While the fly looks clunky dry, it transforms into an alive looking imitation when wet.

Hook – Daiichi 2151, size 1 or Mustad R74-9672
Tail – brown rag yarn (only available at FlyMasters?)
Body – Cactus Chenille, large pearl
Flash Collar – red Flashabou Mirage, 6-10 one inch strands tied facing back
Hackle – mustard yellow/brown
Head – brown rag yarn, about a two inch piece fanned and tied over and under (just like tying a Nuke Egg).
Egg – bright colored Cactus Chenille or Estaz

salmon streamer patternsalmon streamer pattern

flies / salmon — Comments Off
Sep 22
2011

Salmon Candy

The youngest member of the Indigo Guide Service crew, Aaliyah, has been getting more and more interested in fly tying lately. With salmon season here, Dad decided to put her energies and interest to good use. After a few practice flies Aaliyah was proud to point out that Mom couldn’t tell the difference between her fly and one of Dad’s.

Kevin and Aaliyah went through many name options and Aaliyah finally choose Salmon Candy. Kevin reports that the Salmon Candy has caught several kings already.

TMC 105 Hook
Bead Chain Eyes
Estaz Body
Marabou Tail

michigan salmon fly pattern

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