Rainbow Time: Winter usually loosens its grips in March. From early March, rainbows are coming from the Yellowstone River into DePuy's for spawning. This time it's brown trout that follow behind and devour eggs. This is another period one can encounter some of biggest trout of the year. Spawning run continues till April. Trout population in the creek is back to as thick as October. Midges and spring BWO hatches are also expected. New fishing season in Paradise Valley is open, yet only a few dedicated anglers are out there.

I got a phone call from a rancher in the area. He was having to water cattle out of one of his ponds. The pond was down and will go down a lot more. He asked me to come in and catch the fish. He stated that even if he does not drain the pond the fish would winter kill out. All he asked was that any large bass be put in another pond. He would put a stock tank near the shore of the pond I was fishing that the bass could be tossed into. It seemed like a good place to go. I fished this pond years ago and then the land changed hands.

In the world of fly tying an inevitable discussion is bound to rear its head from time-to-time. The discussion is much like that of the "chicken and the egg" question, but in piscatorial pursuits includes the "Fly and the rise". Or rather which came first, the pattern or the rise requiring the pattern? Sit around a campfire and if my experiences are the norm, you will hear a consensus that most patterns are tied to catch more fishermen than fish.

Wejebe Memorial Professional Guide Award presented at 2013 HB Guides Rendezvous

TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- Capt. Jeff Legutki, a Naples/Marco guide who also charters fly and light tackle anglers in the Everglades, became the first recipient of the Jose Wejebe Memorial Professional Guide Award during the second annual Hell's Bay Boatworks' Guides Rendezvous.

Everyone likes attractor patterns!  My vest always has a couple of boxes of them.  If a hatch isn't on or you're fishing strange waters for the first time, I always select one or two as 'go to' patterns to start the trip off.  Here's a parachute pattern I think is well worth the tying effort!

Pike – Rudd – Carp – Roach – Perch - Barbel - Chub – Zander – Dace – Tench – Bream

By: Dominic Garnett

I am always seeking knowledge of how other fly fisher in other area and around the world work their waters. By doing this I have learned so much about how to fish the waters in my home area. Dominic Garnett well covers his tackle and methods for fishing all of the species covered in this book. Even though American angler only have a few of these species there is still much to be learned from this volume.

For some anglers the mere thought of using a streamer imitation on spring creeks would cause them to shudder. When many anglers think of spring creek fishing the mayfly hatches reign supreme caddis hatches are tolerated and midge hatches are accepted but mayflies are preferred. A few terrestrials such as hoppers are alright and there is much talk of ants and beetles but relatively few anglers actually use them. Some anglers rely on nymphs while others prefer to use only dry flies and emergers on the surface. There is also a segment of the spring creek angler population which embraces all methods of fly fishing to be successful.

One of the key components of fly fishing is the cast. The cast is something that separates fly fishing from all the other types of recreational fishing. In fact, it was fly casting that originally attracted me to fly fishing.

When I was growing up in the early 50's kids started out bait fishing. Spin fishing was unknown, at least when I started fishing the small brooks that ran through the meadows on my parents dairy farm in upstate New York. The top of the line bait fishing equipment for a 7 year old kid was a Shakespeare™ Wonder Rod and a level-wind bait casting reel.