Big brown trout, caught on a swung fly. A personal best.
My personal best brown trout… on the swing! #flyfishing #fishing #browntrout #flyfishing #troutspey
13
0
2
1
Hashtag
#troutspey
Advertisement · 728 × 90
Picked up a good brown trout on the swing. #flyfishing #fishing #browntrout #troutspey #salmotrutta #speycasting
4
0
0
0
13
0
1
0
A soft hackle wet fly using emu. Hook Mustad S82AP heavy nymph size 12, yellow ochre Shetland Spindrift yarn, natural emu hackle, UTC 70 denier hopper yellow
Today’s #lunchties: emu hackle. Recipe in alt text.
#flyfishing #flytying #wetflies #softhackle #tenkara #simpleflies #guideflies #troutspey
17
0
2
0
Peacock and starling fly, size 14 hook, brassie size chartreuse wire, peacock herl, starling hackle, black 16/0 veevus thread
Today’s #lunchties another old reliable, the peacock and starling. Recipe in alt text
#flytying #flyfishing #simpleflies #guideflies #wetflies #softhackles #tenkara #troutspey
13
1
0
0
A Stewart black spider wet fly. Size 14 hook, brown UTC 70 denier, starling feather. The trick is to twist the fragile starling feather around the tying thread and then wrap. This reinforces the feather. The scruffier the better.
Today’s #lunchties are nothing fancy, just replenishing my stock of size 14 Stewart Black Spiders. Recipe in alt text.
#flyfishing #flytying #tenkara #simpleflies #guideflies #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey
18
1
3
0
First trip of 2025 ✔️
First fish of 2025 on the swing ✔️
#flyfishing
#troutspey
#spey
#browntrout
#fishing
#trout
5
1
1
0
Small olive streamer fly. Size 8 Mustad 9672 tan sparkle braid body, tail and “hackle” olive micro pine squirrel. Olive 6/0 Uni-Thread
Today’s #lunchties: size 8 olive Squirrelly Dans. Recipe in alt text
#flytying #flyfishing #troutspey
20
2
2
0
Four small streamer flies made with orange chenille, black micro pine squirrel zonkers and orange hen hackle
Today’s #lunchties: experiments with micro pine squirrel zonkers. I like the results with palmering them like hackle!
#flyfishing
#flytying
#troutspey #tenkara
17
0
2
0
Catch of the day, Super Bowl edition, 2 rainbows in the net, 1 lost right at net, 2 long distance C&Rs, several more grabs, 1 ambitious chub. Also the usual trash clean up. The hot spot soft hackle from last week’s #lunchties was the winner today.
#flytying #flyfishing #troutspey
13
1
2
0
A green and red partridge soft hackle fly in a fly tying vise against a tan background. The body of the fly is green/red/green and the hackle is white with dark spots Recipe: Hook: Daiichi 1740 size 10 Thread: UTC Ultra Thread red, 70-denier Body: peacock black Ice Dub, tying thread, peacock black Ice Dub Hackle: Hungarian Partridge Head: peacock black Ice Dub
Today’s #lunchties Partridge and Imitation Royal.
Recipe in alt text
#flytying #flyfishing #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey #tenkara
13
2
1
1
A wet fly with two soft partridge soft hackles, a smaller at the rear and a larger at the front.
A wet fly with two soft partridge soft hackles, a smaller at the rear and a larger at the front.
Today’s #lunchties: prototype super-micro “Intruder” thingy. #wetflies #softhackles #flyfishing #flytying #troutspey #tenkara
15
0
1
0
A purple soft hackle fly with a pink hot spot at the rear and a partridge hackle
Today’s #lunchties. Hot spot experiment.
#flytying #flyfishing #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey #tenkara
20
1
1
0
A fly tying vise holding beige soft hackle fly with a white wire rib. The backups purple.
Materials for fly. Top row left to right: UTC Uktra Wire White size medium; Senyo’s Laser Yarn dubbing tan; a ginger soft hackle feather from a hen saddle. Bottom row: UTC Ultra Thread Wood Duck color, 70 denier; Daiichi 1740 up eye hook, size 10; Hook box.
Today’s #lunchties I shall call “None More Beige”. Recipe in alt text of second photo.
#flytying #flyfishing #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey #tenkara
13
1
0
0
Scarlet Townley with her father Brad. Here she holds her personal best sea run Bulltrout . She landed this beast on a Hardy glass double hander, and a Hardy Marquis and a DT Dry line .
#searunbulltrout #fjordlife #glassrods #hardy #flyfishing #bulltrout #kidsfishing #troutspey
15
0
1
1
A soft hackle fly with a red butt, a green body with gold wire rib, a dark hare's ear thorax and a partridge hackle
A flymph type soft hackle fly with a sparsely dubbed green hare's ear body and partridge hackle
Today's #lunchties: more flymphy stuff. #flytying #flyfishing #BlueFly #FlySky #troutspey
8
1
0
0
The Shawback Stinger tied with a Fish Mask is an effective low-water streamer for targeting brown trout, as this duo of 27” browns can attest. I know of only one site that sells this fly, but I have yet to find any info about its origin or its creator. #flyfishing #troutspey #browntrout
8
0
2
0
Sage Trout Spey HD 3110-4 and 3/4/5 Trout Spey reel in bronze arrived unannounced in today’s mail along with Rio’s Versileaders, Skagit Mini Max Shooting Head and a handful of other lines and tips. Thank you, Far Bank. I am grateful.
Bi trout making their way up the falls at Navigation Trail in Northern Idaho.
The Priest River with light snow. My buddy Jeremy aim to reach the seam.
While I use two-handed (Spey) rods nearly exclusively for steelhead fishing, it’s been a limited tactic for trout. But its potential is enormous for bigger rivers I guide out west. So I’m over-the-moon about what just arrived in the mail. Sage Trout Spey HD 3110-4, 3/4/5 reel.
#flyfish #troutspey
20
0
6
0
Swinging up trout on a two-hander is one of my favorite things to do. Living in the heart of the Rockies, it’s a great way to keep my casting mechanics in shape for the few days I get to chase PNW steelhead.
#flyfishing #catchandrelease #troutspey #swingforit #publiclands #rainbowtrout #wyoming
17
1
0
0
Everyone: fish a bead!
Me: no, I really want to swing flies on my trout spey rod!
Everyone: you won't catch anything!
Me: how about a nice juicy flesh fly?
Everyone: fish a bead!
Me:
#flyfishing #alaska #brisitolbay #katmainationalpark #troutspey #thetugisthedrug
5
0
0
0