Kent Klewein | January 8, 2011 Read This Post...
Winter offers fly anglers great Blue Wing Olive (BWO) action on our rivers and streams. There’s just something about catching trout on top during the winter that makes it special. Below is a sweet BWO emerger pattern tying video brought to you by bighornflyfishing.com. Tie up some of these and have them ready next time [...]
Kent Klewein | October 5, 2010 Read This Post...
From North Georgia to North Carolina the girdle bug has been a hot fly lately. Many brook trout, rainbows, and brown trout have fallen victim to this pattern the last couple of weeks. My latest version on steroids has really produced well. Try tying up some buggy versions like this and try them next time [...]
Kent Klewein | August 18, 2010 Read This Post...
I’ve got a lot of people asking me what’s a good smallmouth bass fly? Below is my version of the Tequeely Streamer that has proven very effective for smallmouth bass. What’s your favorite smallmouth bass fly? Email us a photo and description with your name and we’ll post it here on the blog. Hook: Orvis [...]
Kent Klewein | August 11, 2010 Read This Post...
I’m always looking for interesting content for the blog and I ran across this comical fly pattern from The Stonefly Inn, located in Montana. They have a great blog as well. Check it out. Hows this for your fly tying fix for the day ? Keep it Reel, Capt. Kent Klewein Reel Job Fishing, LLC [...]
Kent Klewein | February 24, 2010 Read This Post...
With spring just around the corner I’m looking forward to start fishing my favorite fly pattern for big trophy trout, the mouse pattern. During the warmer months when I know there are big fish in the river or stream, you’ll often see me rig up a stiff butt 2x leader and tie one of my [...]
Kent Klewein | February 18, 2010 Read This Post...
The last couple years I’ve really incorporated glass beads into many of my fly patterns, especially my nymphs. Myself, including many others, shy away from gold beaded nymphs because we feel in some cases the trout will refuse them from bad memories of hooks in the lips. Because of this we’ve incorporated glass beads into [...]
Kent Klewein | February 16, 2010 Read This Post...
For anglers that have been in the sport for a while this is a lesson that was probably learned long ago, but for beginners, its a quick tip you should take note of. Don’t leave home without a nice selection of soft-hackles nymphs. The thing about soft-hackles is they due a great job of imitating [...]
Kent Klewein | January 25, 2010 Read This Post...
Check out this bass and striper fly I designed last year for lake fishing. It moves a lot like a zoom trick worm in the water. If your fishing areas where you need the fly to be weedless you can add monofilament weed guards on the hooks. I tie them up both ways in case [...]
