I have spent some time at the vise recently and have covered everything from light dries to massive streamers. The Adams in the photo is actually Purple. I have been wanting to tie some of these up and when I saw purple dubbing on Ebay for a pretty sweet deal I had to try it. I guess time will tell on this variation of a classic. The Crystal Buggers are for an order for a friend and the Peanut Envies are just for the heck or it. Who doesn't need articulated meat in their fly box?
A couple of weeks ago Nick, Maegs and the kids came down from Idaho to help mom and dad move in. The move went great and there was even a little extra time for Nick and I to catch some time in the canoe on Utah Lake. Since Daniel has spent more time on warm water than he cares to admit, he can attest that it is not as great as spending some quality time on a High Mountain trout stream. Although we didn't catch any trout, we could not keep the bluegill out of the boat. They were active on top all afternoon and I think by the end we ended up landing over 60 fish in less than three hours. It would have been a good night for Fish n Chips but Nick had other plans including In n Out Burgers and dare I say it FRIES. The Burgers were stellar but the fries, as always, were found lacking. Give me 5 Guys fries any day! Congrats to Nick for another new species as well!
So I have only caught one on the peanut envy but plenty of strikes, the bass love the sparkle buggers, and I would like to see what this purple Adams can do. And you're right. I have been spending more time warm water fishing than I would like to admit! And northern pike has just been added to my "species I NEED to catch list."
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