Recently Dave Stewart from the Wet Fly Swing Podcast asked me to do an interview with him for his monthly podcast. Dave and I had a great time talking about a variety of topics, give a listen and follow his podcast. Dave has had some very influential people from our sport on and does a great job at keeping the entire experience light and fun. Give a listen here:
WET FLY SWING PODCAST WITH RICH STROLIS
On another note, I have recently restocked on Yellowstone Fly Goods Scud Dubbing and even added a couple colors to the mix. You can check them out in the store here:
Hope you're getting out to do some fishing, things have really been heating up as of late. I also wanted to take the time to thank each and every one of you who have placed order for flies and materials so far this year. The support has been overwhelming and kept me surprisingly busy during a time when I have been unable to guide. I will have some updates on my guide season soon, but as of this current juncture it does not appear that I will be opening anything up in the foreseeable future until our state fully reopens. Hope to see some of you on the other side of this rather unfortunate time we are in.
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Once again, I hope everyone is healthy and safe, and also getting out to fish a bit. I gathered it would be fitting to revisit an old video on one of my bread and butter patterns of yesteryear. The emergent classified caddis is a fly that is exquisitely simple and highly effective, and under normal circumstances we would be fishing these right now. The weather as of late has been unseasonably cold and has delayed many of our caddis hatches to date. When ever I have trout rising and intercepting caddis pupa in the film, this is the pattern that I put on and more often than not, I go home with fish smell on my hands and a big grin.
So, sit back with your beverage of choice, and watch this quick one, then go spin some up in your favorite caddis colors, or reference the chapter on this fly pattern in my book. Enjoy
-RS-
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Hi there everybody, I hope this post finds you all safe and healthy and managing to find some sort of routine in our rather foreign set of circumstances. Maybe you even are getting out on the water on some sort of regular instance somewhere close to home as well; or your shacked up at home tending to your yard, and tying a bunch of flies. I know when we come out of this, many of us will have some pretty darn nicely groomed lawns, our houses will be a bit neater and our fly boxes full.
As we move into what many of us consider the heart of the fishing season, I figured it was long overdue to get this particular fly pattern to video so you all could take a stab at it. The Sucker Punch, formerly known as the Chuggernaut is one of my favorite surface popper style patterns to tie and fish. As you will see, the tying sequence is rather easy, and highly durable accounting for a multitude of species in both the fresh and saltwater realm. So that being said, grab your coffee, sit back and enjoy the video.
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