Busy Guiding on the Water

| May 18, 2009 Read This Post...

I’ve floated the river three out of the last four days and I’ve got float trips the next two days.  When I haven’t been on the river I’ve been on Noontootla Creek.  Up at 4:30am and tying flies in the evening.   Fishing has been pretty good on the Toccoa despite the huge crowds.  If it’s [...]

TU Stover Creek Workday

| May 12, 2009 Read This Post...

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Why you need to support your local Trout Unlimited Chapters. This Saturday May 16th the Gold Rush and Oconee chapters of Trout Unlimited will be working on stream structures at Stovers Creek.  Although we are not the primary group taking on this task, they along with the USFS can always use help.  This could be [...]

Perfect Day at NCF

| May 12, 2009 Read This Post...

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Keith Eason and wife Wanda headed up from Florida to fish with me at Noontootla Creek Farms.  They both are world class hunters that have taken many trophy animals and hold numerous records.  Trout fishing was new for Keith but he ended up being a quick learner.  Each fish throughout the day progressively got bigger, [...]

Klewein’s B.A.S.S. Frog

| May 12, 2009 Read This Post...

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I designed this frog pattern to catch big bass on lakes with lots of matted vegetation.   It’s intended to resemble the frog baits tournament bass anglers use, hence the name B.A.S.S Frog.  The fly lands hook up to avoid snagging grass and I tied it up on a 4/0 Gamakatsu off-set worm hook to [...]

Tripletail on the Fly

| May 12, 2009 Read This Post...

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Client Paul Parker sent me this photo of a 20lb. Tripletail taken on the fly near Sebastian Inlet, and his wife with a nice peacock bass on fly in south Miami.  These photos really make me want to get down out of the mountains and do some saltwater fly fishing. Thanks for sending me the [...]

Fly Fishing with Ants

| May 11, 2009 Read This Post...

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From now through summer you won’t find me hitting the trout streams without several ant patterns in my fly box.  When people talk about the great terrestrial fishing most of the time they are talking about fishing big grasshopper and beetle patterns.  Although these patterns account for taking some of the biggest trout during late [...]

NCF Photos

| May 5, 2009 Read This Post...

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Thought I would post some photos of trout taken at Noontootla Creek Farms lately on past guided trips.  Water levels are holding strong and are above average from our recent rains.  Bugs are starting to hatch and the fish are fighting like crazy.  They aren’t as easy to hook up with, from the increased fishing [...]

RJF Photo Book for Clients

| May 4, 2009 Read This Post...

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For RJF clients interested in having a photo book put together from their guided trip, we’re now offering this option for our clients.  Louis Cahill will accompany us during the trip snapping photos, and capturing your memories on the water.   We did this with our blog giveaway for Rachel and Jamie Hillis.  The book [...]