Festival season and cabin fever.

Hey hey hey, here me out!

Check out the weekend wade for the latest in fly fishing Festival updates! Just got the Dates for the 2nd annual Heartland Fly fishing expo

This 2 day expo features Speakers, Seminars and Demonstrations to include various topics about local fishing, Fly fishing basics, Streams and Reservoirs in the midwest. Talks on Traveling and flyfishing, and fishing for Steelhead. They will also feature Fly Tyers from all around who specialize in various forms off tying expertise. the festival will have alot of various speakers on subjects on casting, fly fishing on a budget and fishing local.

I know the group that I am part of will have alot of members there and will be tail gating at the expo. I'm also considering doing something to add to the expo. Let me know if you will be there and hit me up on your next #THEWEEKENDWADE #WADEFORIT

Comments

River Trash

River trash aka the common carp (click the link for a cool article on the history of carp) are the most exciting and finicky fish in fresh water. People dont just compare these amazing fish to bonefish without a good reason. The carp is a true sport fish and deserves its spot in the river. So that video was pretty exciting, I loved the perspective of the carp angler and the approach. Anyone that doesn't think carp can be a game fish, is simply a fool. These fish are naturalized within the river and lake systems and have earned their spot along with bass and trout as well. The world of fly fishing for carp is exploding all across the United States as anglers see the potential for these fish and target them specifically. The world of carp is ever expanding and being created, their are carp specific fly tourneys, The midwest golden bones , The 3 rivers carp cup tournament I plan to fish both tournaments and try my hand at fishing competitive. I urge anyone in the near are to head ...

Golden Bones and Trash Fish

Carp!?!?! Those fish are trash! That is what I always hear, right after I tell them I fly fish for alot of carp. Their for some reason is a negative opinion about carp and also carp on the fly. I know where I grew up there was always carp and always this opinion of carp in my area. I was always told that carp are "trash fish, Bottom feeders" and they "eat bass eggs." Truth is carp have been here for years are extremely picky and eat a lot of different insects, and are now part of the river system. I hope to change people's opinion on fly fishing and carp in general. Mainly carp are considered bottom feeders and that they kill off or eat the eggs of "game fish" or "native fish" This opinion is not exactly true or correct. Some aspects of the opinion may be correct but are mostly a generalization. I'm not here to get in a debate about carp, that would take all day! I'm cool with less people catching these bad ass fish and I also kin...

The legend of Beaver Island

They call it the Bahamas of the midwest and it will test your sight casting capabilities. I dont know the exact date that Beaver Island got on my radar as a fisherman. I'm sure it began while trolling videos of fly fishing on youtube among other things. Maybe it was the crystal clear and clean rock bottoms of the great lakes, maybe it was the massive streamer smashing giant common carp cruising in wolf pack like fashion along the great lake shores. It was probably a combination of many things that sparked my interest. This place has had my interest since I first seen these video of Lefty Kreh slipping a very subtle presentation of a near 'nuff crayfish immitation fly in front of a giant crusing carp. It could have possible been from the Carp on the fly blog posts from the Carp fishing bad ass John Montana and his now famous Montana Hybrid fly, Or it could have been from A blogging mentor I follow The Fiberglass Manifesto This place is a top priority of my fishing journey and...

The Weekend Wade

Search This Blog