The Friday Follies: The Weird, the Odd, and the Interesting

It’s Friday, which means that when I head out around midday to catch the BWO hatch, you’ll still be in your cubicle “Working for The Man.”

Sure, it’s a pointless and degrading stereotype (although an honest to god paycheck would be nice), but why write your own blog if you can’t descend into pointless stereotypes?

With that in mind, I’ve got articles from a handful of weird and wonderful blogs. Let ‘em rip:

Alex at The Day Tripper describes his attempts to build streamers which are bigger than most of the fish I catch:

I’ve got a friend from California who fishes for trophy Largemouth Bass. I’m talking pigs. On one particular lake he fishes, one of the most productive ways to catch Bass is by using live Rainbow Trout as bait.

He likes to fly fish whenever possible, but said he hadn’t found a Rainbow Trout fly pattern that he was happy with yet. The first thing that popped into my head was to tie a big, articulated Butt Monkey. I tied it up for him, it was about 6″-7″ long. “That’s not big enough.”

He needed something in the 10″-14″ range. I’ve tied and fished the juvenile Brown Trout pattern below for 2 years now, with varied success for trout. However, it has been a great streamer in lakes for warmwater species.

He’s also looking for readers to judge his Short Story Contest. If your eyes are still working after tying all those #22 BWO dries, give it a visit and vote.

Not to be out-weirded, Singlebarbed gets deeply immersed in the world of odd fly tying thread (we’re a little concerned, buddy). I myself find little use for “glow in the dark” thread, but there it is. And if it’s on the Internet, it has to be true.

Later, he saves himself a trip to the place with the padded walls with a pointed post about fishing, eating fish, and your health. Don’t miss either.

Next, the Shy, Demur Crowd at Buster Wants to Fish start digging around the concepts of foreign-made fly fishing tackle versus the stuff made in the USA (where does Europe fit in all this), and in what has to be a gross violation of Internet protocols, it’s a reasoned, thoughtful thing. Get in on the discussion.

Then Moldy Chum posts a picture that makes it crystal clear you’re a second-class fisherman:

He also shows you a clip from a new fly fishing film titled “Drift” that we found very interesting. You can see the trailer here.

See you on the river, Tom Chandler.