How to Tie a Chubby Chernobyl: Fly Tying Video

How to Tie a Chubby Chernobyl: Fly Tying Video

Chubby indeed! This evolved version of the Chernobyl Ant is a must for any dry fly angler. When the summer starts to warm up, out come the big bugs and the Chubby’s. A fairly simple pattern to tie and fish that will turn some heads. This is a great pattern to imitate a large variety of Stoneflies and Terrestrials. The purple version here doesn’t imitate anything directly but rather catches attention and encourages strikes.

How to fish it: Fish it solo, with a smaller dry fly trailer or when a dropper below for great success.

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How to Tie a Chernobyl Ant: Fly Tying Video

How to Tie a Chernobyl Ant: Fly Tying Video

The Chernobyl Ant is where it all began. When closed cell foam hit the craft stores so did fly tyers looking for a new material to make large juicy dry flies. From there the development of the Chernobyl bugs has taken off and for good reason. This simple Chernobyl Ant may not look much like a bug to our fishing eyes, but to a subsurface trout it is meaty goodness! This is a great attractor fly all on its own or with a hefty dropper fly.

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How to Tie a Amy’s Ant: Fly Tying Video

How to Tie a Amy’s Ant: Fly Tying Video

Looks like an Ant right…well maybe not but that doesn’t seem to change the fact that under the right conditions fish will go wild for it. Created by Jack Dennis and named for his daughter this one is a go to attractor pattern during the summer months.

Quite a few materials make it a slight challenge to tie but when finished it looks great!

This is a great option when throwing hopper dropper rigs as it is very buoyant and will hold up some of your heavier dropper flies.

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Kayak Fly Fishing in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

Kayak Fly Fishing in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

Kayak angling is very popular where I live near Annapolis, Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay and its many rivers and creeks provide an active striped bass fishery for most months of the year, from the early spring to the late fall. Indeed, fisheries scientists believe that nearly 70 percent of the striped bass on the east coast of the U.S. originate in the Chesapeake Bay. In the summer, white perch, a feisty smaller cousin of striped bass forage in the Bay’s rivers and creeks. They too are targeted by kayak anglers. And then in the cold months, pickerel can be caught in those same waters. Continue reading “Kayak Fly Fishing in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries”

How to Tie a Leggy Euro Copper John Red: Fly Tying Video

How to Tie a Leggy Euro Copper John Red: Fly Tying Video

With Euro/Tight Line nymphing being all the rage why not take a classic fly like the Copper John and trick it out a little with a jigged hook and some weight. To me it only makes sense and makes for an awesome fly. Adding some lead or lead free wire helps an already heavy fly get into the zone fast! With a little added flair of the MFC barred rubber legs this fly is deadly.

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