First things first! If you want to fly fish in 10 degrees below zero,
go to Cheesman Canyon and fish with a size #22 miracle nymph and pick the ice out of your
guides on every third cast. The Arkansas River in Pueblo can fish pretty well if the flow
is 100 cfs or more. BWO’s and streamers are the flies of choice and, who knows, you
may catch a smallmouth. The temperature should be about 45 degrees for good fishing. It is
going to be cold for the next month, so why not stay indoors, buy that fly rod blank from
Julie and put it together in the cozy warmth of your home
Now, on to the topic of this article. I was tying at the recent AFFTA show when a Boy
Scout approached me. We conversed and he told
me his favorite pattern was a “Pink Pookey.”
I questioned him how it was tied and he said he would bring me this fly the
next day. The following day he showed up with
the fly. For the most part the “Pink
Pookey” is a Chernobyl ant tied in pink and tan foam with a hair wing between the
layers of foam and with pink and white rubber legs. I was excited that a young man would
sit down and come up this pattern, including the colors. There is hope for the younger
generation!
Since I have begun to fish for bass and
bluegill more and more these days, I was interested in finding out more about those
“bass rods” manufactured by SAGE. At the recent AFFTA show I spoke to the
headman at SAGE who designed these rods. Jerry Siem took a lot of time explaining that the
rods were not designed for bass, but were manufactured as “hybrids” just like
the new golf clubs. The rod descriptions have changed to “line grams.” I cast the rod for 350 grams of line weight with a
“BIG” deer hair fly and VOILA it turned the fly over at thirty feet. Maybe Sage
and Scott have something.
COME ON SPRING!
