Category: Fly Fishing: trout
care of cork drags
I spent a few minutes applying neatsfoot oil to all of my Abel cork drags. Smooth as silk! If you have a cork drag, stop in the shop and apply some oil.
Scouting local streams for the upcoming season
Ted and Henry got out on Saturday to scout some of the local streams for this upcoming season. Everyone in the shop is anxious to start chasing smallies! If you have any questions about what local opportunities there are for fly fishing in the Cincinnati area, stop in the shop and chew the fat. We […]
Getting a new pair of waders
Give yourself enough time to come in to the shop and try on waders and boots. I think too many folks get waders that are too tight. Think about squatting down behind some high grass while fishing a spring creek; crawling around boulders in a mountain stream fishing pocket water; sitting in a drift boat; […]
new steelhead fly in the D&H bins
D&H keeps getting in new patterns for our fly bins. This is a Great Lakes Steelhead pattern from the mind of Jerry Darkes: Steelhead Candy in five colors.
new fly in the shop: Elk Creek Caddis
We just received a big shipment of flies with many new patterns. This is a new “old” pattern. We used to get this fly from a company that no longer ties and it took us some time, but we finally found a great version of it. It may not look like anything too crazy, but […]