I’m planning on fishing the Brewster Flats Wed-Sun, June 4-8. It’s a fun place to sight fish for stripers. Anyone interested in joining me for one or more days, let me know by contacting me here - I will send you the directions and details.
Martin
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Swing the Fly Magazine
Third issue of the magazine, with good photography, and enjoyable articles.
Steelhead Fishing in the Olympic Penninsula
Film Captures Life in Alaska
See full article on Fly Fisherman Online
The Rhody Meeting for tonight is Canceled!!!!
CHANGE OF PLANS!
We will have the same program presented at the Feb.18th Meeting.
Please call your friends that don’t get the emails and tell them.
(Gene Matterson, Geno Rapa, etc)
If Anyone knows Art Dugas, please call him.
Sorry!
Peter
Monthly Newsletter
January 2014 – Rhody Fly Rodders Newsletter
Peter Nilsen does a superb job with design, format, and content. Thanks Peter for keeping us informed.
Using Color in Fly Design
Video by Dr. Aaron Adams discussing different features of fly design.
Next Meeting
FLY TYING TRICKS & TIPS
The January meeting of Rhody Fly Rodders will be held on Tuesday, January 21st, at 6:30pm. (Rescheduled to February 18th)
Our presenter this evening will be our own, Capt. Ray Stachelek, a 20 year member of Rhody Fly Rodders and a long time Captain and guide, providing fly fishing and light tackle charters in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island sound for many years.
Capt. Ray h
as been winding thread for 50 years and is a pro-tyer for Umpqua, and an author of many fly fishing articles for numerous fly fishing publications.
His presentation is an excellent fly tying program with information, and some great Micro photography, about learning to make the task of winding thread easier and simpler, including tips to improve anyone’s bench performance regardless of tying level. Ray will also discuss and cover the progression of some our tying tools in fly tying history. Also, he’ll be showing many successful flies for fresh and saltwater.
Come join us for what should be a very informative evening. The coffee pot is always on and bar refreshments are available. Bring a friend! Bring Two!
Fly Tying: Assassin Shrimp
by Alan Caolo | July 24th, 2013
John Repoza with a nice bass
Striped bass subsist on a wide array of forage. By weight, they consume baitfish more than any other food source, and fly fishers take the majority of their fish on various types of baitfish imitations. But stripers can be acutely selective, and they routinely defy anglers who exclusively fish baitfish flies. This is particularly true on the flats, where stripers turn their focus to crabs, juvenile flounder, and shrimp, perhaps 60 to 70 percent of the time. Based on numbers of prey consumed, shrimp are most important for inshore-feeding bass, especially during the warmer months of the season—anglers equipped with a good shrimp pattern are prepared for these picky fish.
South County RI – By Boots or by Boat
By Tom Keer
“…South County is one of the prettiest parts of the Ocean State, but you won’t find it on a map. It’s a colloquial reference that has been argued about for more than a century. The official name of the southwestern part of Rhode Island is Washington County, and it includes the towns of Charlestown, Exeter, Hopkinton, Narragansett, North Kingstown, Richmond, South Kingstown, Westerly, and West Greenwich. In general terms, it stretches from the Connecticut border east to Greenwich Bay”