Part 1

Final report from the 26th Slovenian Open Fly Tying Championship (2013) & 15th National Fly Tying Championship

The hot summer months usually don’t allow us to visit trout waters with the notion of getting the better of the fishes’ activity throughout the day, as is possible at the beginning of the season. Salmonids at that time of year are rather active only in the early morning or late evening, while they spend the smothering heat of the day in the most-oxygenated and coldest parts of rivers and lakes (at the bottom) and are practically not active at all, with just some exceptions. During such days, we have 3 choices: A) Futilely spend our precious energy on these trout waters. B) Put on our swimsuits and lay on the bank all day. C) Stay true to our “addiction” and go a completely different way – fly fishing for carp basking in the sun!

There is always something to fish for in BC...

Nymph fishing thoughts from Jeremy Lucas.

A story from our fly fishing trip to France.

Closure of our Picture Gallery Contest and announcement of the first prize and 14 lucky winners of the draw.

My first experience with the traditional Japanese fly fishing gear.

When you go fly fishing on large rivers, it’s really easy to get lost in the vastness of the streams.

For this edition of “At the Vice” I have chosen one of my favorite river fly patterns designed for barbel. It is a type of fly meant to imitate the natural food of the fish we are hunting. In this case that means a free living caddisfly larva – Rhyacophila.