if you’re looking to read about the techniques i use to chase brook trout read this article – how to fly fish for brook trout however, the brook trout in lakes and ponds do get picky – especially when they’re big. tied in sizes from a 10 all the way up to a 4, the bunny leech is one fly that’s a mainstay in my fly boxes year round, and not just for brookies. i like to have a few …

the same goes for me and now i’ll open my box to show you my all-star trout flies. trout is one of the most exciting species to target on a fly rod. if there was only one fly i could use to catch trout it would be this one. and often the big ones that tend to eat smaller fish go for the woolly bugger. the conehead perch streamer is another great option for trout. the muddler minnow streamer is …

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a handful have stood the test of time, but when were they first tied and fished? and why do fish take them? the original coachman fly is credited to englishman tom bosworth, a nineteenth century fly fisherman and flytier. bosworth tied his first coachman fly in 1830. it was tied with a peacock body, white wings slanted backwards, and a bit of brown hackle wound just ahead of the wings. the new fly came to be known as the leadwing …