Our Trips
Here is some information about our latest trips…
Trips: Montauk Report
July 13, 2018Montauk State Park,Other,Trips
Sid Aslin, Tim Klotz and Dave Franke fished Montauk on Thursday July 12. Plenty of fish are in the water and we all had success! Olive wooly buggers and zebra midges were the hot flies for the day. The group got a late start, but almost stayed until the ending … Read More…
Trips: Float Trip on the Arkansas River, CO
June 30, 2018Trips,Western States
Here is a trip report from Tim Graham, our FATC member who now lives in Colorado (lucky guy): We floated the Arkansas River yesterday at Browns Canton south of Buena Vista. Upper Colorado is running very low at 600 cfs also warm water (60’s) which would stress fish a lot. … Read More…
Trips: Heat Slows Montauk
June 30, 2018Montauk State Park,Trips
Jim Franke sends this report from Montauk (Thursday) as he fished with Sid Aslin and Gary Elliott: “The fishing was extremely slow, although the spincasters seemed to do okay. I’m thinking of starting a new group – “Spincasters at the Crossing”. The few I got were on zebra midges and … Read More…
Fly Shop Tips: Drag is not your friend
One of the biggest mistakes I see on the water by our guys is allowing drag to destroy their drift. Drag is not your friend when it comes to dead drifting nymphs or dry flies. After working with new guys and watching “experienced” guys, I feel that many still don’t … Read More…