DS Fishing Blog

What???  Free Flies???  Yup, you read it right.  We've had our forum up and running for a few months now, but we really haven't done our best to bring it to life.  Some of you have already left comments and asked questions and that is much appreciated.  We'd love to here from you more often so, here's the deal.  We are going to reward our most active Forum user for the month of July with a dozen hand picked and hand tied flies that I will personally tie at my fly tying bench.  The lucky winner will have a nice selection of my favorite flies that I use and that have been talked about here at DS Fly Fishing.  We look forward to hearing from you (no spam please.)   

I am constantly looking for ways to minimize what I carry on the water. By nature, I lack the organizational skills that I envy in my friends who have garages tidier than my kitchen. So, I'm always trying to follow their lead to insure that by the end of a long day of wading I'm not exhausted from carrying fifty pounds of gear with me while I'm fly fishing. I swapped out my fly fishing vest for a functional and ergonomic chest pack awhile back and I couldn't be happier.

I'm a thinker.  That's why I decided to make the long drive to the East Walker River the weekend after Memorial Day Weekend.  I calculated the crowds would be gone and the trout would be jumping.  Note to self:  check the weather report before all fly fishing adventures.

About a week back a friend of mine who had promised to take me fly fishing and show me some of our local waters finally had a day off.  Note to self - send thank you card to Ray's wife.  Anyway, I did the long haul to meet him at the base of the mountains by 8 am and he drove the rest of the way.