tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:00:54 +0000patternsausable riverausable river fly fishingpaul dinolobluegillfly tying photography tutorialmillers riverdark edson tigertipswaterproof camerabeadheadcameradragonflyfavorite stuffsoft hackle flywonder bugbob ericksondouble hacklefred bridgegurgle-popone feather flyammonoosuc riverbill longbob meademerging dragonflyfly fishing show Marlboro 2012hungarian partridge nymphnuclear sunfishpanasonic ts3peacock caddis larvapumpkinseedquail nymphtoolstroutwaterproof bagC.K. 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This is all made easy by the fact that I live some 20 minutes away. As you can see from the images below, I was more "people" interested than I was "gear" interested. I think folks reading are likely tohttp://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2016/01/2016-fly-fishing-show-in-marlborough-ma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-2625224220976707838Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:45:00 +00002015-09-13T13:45:54.442-04:00 Yesterday was likely my last day of trout fishing this season, at least in the streams of northern New Hampshire.  The water is very low and with so little volume, water temperatures drop rapidly.  It puts the fish off, though the season is open for a few more weeks. Things were a little slow yesterday, though we each (my friend Paul and I) were happy with the results, all things http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/09/a-good-day-of-fishing-starts-with-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-176296049983085168Sat, 29 Aug 2015 21:09:00 +00002015-08-30T09:10:53.124-04:00dark edson tigerpaul dinoloMy friend Paul DiNolo recently sent me the following remarks:Hi Peter, The "Dark Edson Tiger" streamer has been one of my "go-to" flies for over thirty-five years. The pattern has a long and distinguished record as a highly successful streamer, especially for those anglers who fish the Rangeley Lakes region of western Maine. The fly was originated by Bill Edson of Portland, Maine in either 1928 http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/08/more-from-paul-about-dark-edson-tiger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6810589153372813822Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:39:00 +00002015-08-22T14:47:08.463-04:00dark edson tiger I took a couple of days off from work this week to help my back mend from a mishap last Sunday. [I am writing this on Saturday, six days after the "accident".] Before I get to the fishing-with-flies part of the story, let me say that I am a big fan of AAA.  I have been a fan because of the great help our local branch has been in arranging details for our last four two-week car trips (two "http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/08/a-fun-project-while-waiting-for-my-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-1898393803293559299Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:44:00 +00002015-07-26T19:45:32.415-04:00dark edson tiger Yes, reinforcements have arrived to fill the breach! After my tying and fishing friend Paul heard that I'd lost my one and only Dark Edson Tiger (which he had given me at a recent trout stream sorté), he tied up a fresh batch in several sizes and variations and mailed them to me. A couple of posts ago (here and here) I reported on how much fun I'd had with this fly, and that I was http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/07/the-dark-edson-tiger-reinforcements.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-93575072139304132Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:57:00 +00002015-07-22T19:57:35.782-04:00double hacklemillers riverstonefly It was a hot and humid day on Sunday so I chose a section of the Millers with a straight section running northeast to southwest.  This meant that the prevailing southwesterly breeze could provide me with some natural cooling as I fished for a couple of hours. I started here and walked downstream The water was lower than it had been on Friday and along the exposed rocks (not in view http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/07/another-day-at-millers-river-trying-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-8427832809698165948Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:31:00 +00002015-07-20T19:31:59.462-04:00dark edson tigermillers river In my last post I wrote about enjoying a bit of streamer fishing for trout on a couple of small NH streams, using a Dark Edson Tiger tied by my friend Paul. So, this past Friday I thought it might be nice to skip the office and head off to the Millers River for smallmouth bass fishing, again with the D/E/T tied to the end of my leader. The Dark Edson Tiger was terrific.  I've always felt http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/07/argh-i-lost-my-only-sample-of-dark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-2077110893997557653Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:30:00 +00002015-07-13T19:30:36.395-04:00dark edson tigerpatterns This past Saturday I fished a couple of cold water mountain streams in northern New Hampshire with two good fishing buddies, Paul and Jim.   It's a long day-trip, and we get home late at night; but despite the "windshield time", I enjoy taking these all-day excursions several times each fishing season. The long drive goes fast because of the conversation and the anticipation of a day http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/07/my-introduction-to-fishing-dark-edson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-346726325600876065Sat, 13 Jun 2015 00:45:00 +00002015-06-12T20:45:00.537-04:00beadheadpatternsquail nymph A couple of posts ago I reported on staying home from work to tie a few flies. I had tied a dozen beadhead nymphs days before with a Hungarian Partridge skin, and wrote about that here. The morning I played hooky, I wanted to tie a dozen smaller nymphs. I chose a Mearns Quail skin.  It is smaller than a Hungarian Partridge, or at least this sample of a hen skin is. Both are called "upland http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/06/mearns-quail-beadhead-nymph.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6404283392463505314Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:42:00 +00002015-06-05T16:42:00.738-04:00beadheadhungarian partridge nymphpatterns The Hungarian Partridge nymph post from the other day represents a tried-and-true recipe I have been using for perhaps four or five years.  However, after about a dozen flies, my mind begins to wander and I start substituting materials "just for fun".  After tying a bunch with the original instructions, I tied up a bunch that looked like these two: Two Beads The two beads go onto http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/06/hungarian-partridge-beadhead-nymph-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-8081355669964455878Sat, 30 May 2015 00:54:00 +00002015-05-29T20:54:13.997-04:00beadheadpatternsquail nymph I had fully intended to put in a full day at work today.  But when I got up this morning, it was just too nice a day.  We'd had a couple of hot and humid days (for May, not if it were August) and I really get bummed out by heat and humidity.  But last night thunder boomers came through plus a little rain.  Some towns got 2" balls of hail.  That, of course, is really http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/05/i-just-had-to-go-to-work-late-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-8003368094212142500Sun, 24 May 2015 22:17:00 +00002015-05-29T12:23:52.892-04:00beadheadhungarian partridge nymphpatterns During recent years many of my nymphs and buggers have been made entirely from one or two soft hackle feathers, usually marabou type feathers from Turkey, Quail and Partridge. They are made with a conehead or beadhead, and the fish gobble them up. Here are a couple of links to other flies I have constructed with these feathers and for which I have previously provided step by step instructions: http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/05/hungarian-partridge-nymph.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-7982147844230994009Mon, 18 May 2015 21:10:00 +00002015-05-18T17:10:16.672-04:00millers river We need some rain in New England.  That's really hard for me to say, since we had so much snow this winter.  But water levels in the rivers are falling fast.  The section of the Miller's that I fished yesterday was ideal for wading, but any lower than it's current 200 cfs and many of my favorite spots will no longer be holding fish. In a normal year, the level would be nicely http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/05/a-nice-day-on-millers-river.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-8975249889840573828Thu, 07 May 2015 15:39:00 +00002015-05-09T20:46:10.141-04:00 Last Thursday seemed like the perfect day to start my 2015 trout fishing season. The water levels were perfect and the afternoon forecast was for gorgeous weather. It was definitely worth skipping out of the office early. Path through a fine forest to access the Nissitissit River No big deal, but I got skunked.  (The funny thing is that I mentioned this to a non-fishing colleague http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/05/first-day-out-was-bust.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6362738733753911047Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:14:00 +00002015-05-05T22:13:48.643-04:00parachute fliespaul dinolo My friend Paul DiNolo has written another story for fishingwithfles.  Paul also has an upcoming article in the magazine "On The Water", for which the photos of his flies below were taken. From Paul: Parachute dry flies have been around for a long time (since the 1930's), but they didn't start gaining popularity until about twenty-five years ago. The main reason for this  is the http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/03/pauls-parachutes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-581001972787454018Sun, 18 Jan 2015 19:17:00 +00002015-01-18T14:17:18.765-05:00fly fishing show Marlboro 2015 Yesterday I spent a delightful two hours at the annual Fly Fishing Show in Marlborough, MA.  I'm no longer particularly interested in the latest fly fishing gear, which wouldn't come as a surprise if you've read my "reflections" post earlier this month, here. However, I did enjoy meeting up with friends and talking with many of my fly tying acquaintances that were there to demonstrate http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/01/2015-fly-fishing-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6021997396241172324Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:18:00 +00002015-01-10T20:20:42.252-05:00trout My trout days last year were spent entirely in small cold streams flowing from the mountains of northern New Hampshire.  While fishing from my float tube in local farm ponds for sunfish (see prior post) were solo adventures, trout fishing for me means driving north for the day (a long day) with one or more friends.  It also means a (very!) big breakfast along the way, with fishing http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/01/reflecting-on-2014-best-trout-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6686594192123051483Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:39:00 +00002015-01-07T14:39:00.096-05:00bluegillpumpkinseed As I mentioned in my prior post, my best guess is that I fished 15 days last year. When looking through my pictures I can see that I either fished from a float tube for bluegills or fished in small New Hampshire streams for small trout. Below I have pulled together some of the images I took while float tubing for sunfish in a local farm pond.  The pictures remind me of how many big http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/01/reflecting-on-2014-best-bluegill-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-3942875376392737339Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:44:00 +00002015-01-04T10:44:41.691-05:00 In 2014 it became obvious to me that photography had surpassed flyfishing as my #1 hobby.  My wife tells me it's been that way for several years.  Don't get me wrong.  I still love flyfishing.  It's just that I don't think about it 24/7/12 like I once did.  Instead I think about photography 24/7/12. I'm not even sure how many days I fished in 2014, whereas nothttp://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2015/01/reflecting-on-2014-essay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-2192668458329560265Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:01:00 +00002014-03-02T14:10:16.570-05:00fly tying photography tutorial Part 6 of a 6 part series My friend Eric emailed me last week to let me know he was getting set for a fly fishing trip to Alaska and wanted to photograph his flies.  I thought I'd link him  to the tutorials I'd written here, but then realized I had stopped at part 5 of 6. So... I have just finished Part 6 of 6. [To read the first five parts of this series, click on "fly tying http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2014/02/set-up-for-photographing-finished-fly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-7292961532932376752Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:00:00 +00002014-02-19T06:24:40.753-05:00patternsMy friend Paul DiNolo has written an article about muddlers that will appear in "On The Water" magazine (March, 2014).  He's also written a few paragraphs specifically for fishingwithflies.com which I uploaded to the Web site yesterday, along with six or seven muddler photos.  All the flies were tied by Paul.  I took the photos using a couple of desk lamps and a green folder for http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2014/02/muddler-minnows-fly-that-uses-its-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6801392747409424988Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:22:00 +00002013-12-25T09:22:39.057-05:00 Not exactly fly fishing.  But very cute....   ice fishing through a graham cracker. http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2013/12/a-merry-christmas-photo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-7054369630162951595Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:45:00 +00002013-09-15T09:45:00.503-04:00patternsI notice as I write this post that I have 27 posts that are labeled/keyworded with "patterns".  This means that for anyone looking down the left-side margin to the list of key words, he/she will find "patterns" prominently displayed within the alphabetized list of labels/keywords.  Less frequently used keywords are shown in smaller fonts. If you click on "patterns" (or any of the http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2013/09/more-patterns-check-out-main-web-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-1492528487706742905Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:40:00 +00002013-09-13T17:40:26.146-04:00I just got this picture emailed to me from my friend Steve.  He took this picture of our mutual friend Jim last Sunday up in northern New Hampshire.  The two of them and my friend Paul drove up for the day to try to duplicate the great day Paul and I had several days before.  The weather conditions and stream conditions were apparently similar, but they were unable score as many http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2013/09/casual-fly-fishing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861885056754631835.post-6395602333974724492Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:43:00 +00002013-09-06T20:44:33.486-04:00New Hampshire (with some exceptions) officially shuts down to river and stream fishing after the Columbus Day weekend.  But in the small mountain streams it is very likely that the fish will shut themselves down in the next couple of weeks.  Of course, it all depends on the weather; but the colder it gets and the longer the string of cold days and nights, the sooner things shut down. http://www.fishingwithfliesblog.com/2013/09/wed-this-seasons-last-day-of-nh-trout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter F.)4