April Fly of the Month
With the arrival of the trout season most of a trout's feeding will involve nymphs, and many of those will be caddis. This "peeping" caddis pattern has proven to be a good bet. It is a simplified version of a LaFontaine pattern tied by Ken Tutalo of the Baxter House. The abdomen consists of up to a dozen turkey tail fibers, depending on hook size, twisted into a rope. The body hackle is tied palmer style. This is a good opportunity to use those large hackles around the bottom of a neck since they are going to be trimmed down to about an eighth of an inch or so. This trimming is done after the hackle has been tied on. Counter wrap the wire to make the hackle more bullet proof.
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April's Speaker: Captain Ian Devlin
Captain Devlin is based in Norwalk, CT having lived there all his life. In the mid-1990s to 2006, he split his time between the tri-state area and southwestern Florida, spending half the year in each location. He currently guides both fly and conventional tackle clients (including some Bair fishing). Over the years he's worked at several fly shops. These include; The Compleat Angler, Fisherman's World, Boca Grande Outfitters and Patagonia.
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March Speaker: Stephen Sautner
Ever since he saw his older brother lose an enormous summer flounder off a dock at the New Jersey Shore when he was 12 years old, Stephen Sautner has been trying to catch fish. Any fish. This has led him to the Falkland Islands where he cast for sea trout next to an active mine field, to the Zambezi River where three-ton elephants guarded pools filled with tiger fish and Nile crocodiles. In 2007, he edited Upriver and Downstream, an anthology of fishing stories from the "Outdoors" column of The New York Times, and has been an active contributor to the column since 1994. His stories have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Fly Rod & Reel, Wildlife Conservation, and Underwater Naturalist.
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March Fly of the Month
Guide's Choice Hare's Ear Nymph
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February's Speaker: Rich Hudgens
Currently the head guide for the Beaverkill Angler, Rich Hudgens has been guiding in the Upper Delaware River System for the past 11 years. His spending over 100 days a year on the water allows him to spot certain trends.
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January Fly of the Month
January's fly of the month is a hot spot nymph. Hot spot flies were developed by tiers from eastern Europe to give trout an enticement, something that would trigger trout who may not otherwise pay attention, to take notice of a fly.
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