The challenge? Catch a fish (any fish) on a Rude Trude, photograph it with the fly, and submit the photo. Easy, don’t you think? Not so fast, now! Well, our “Rudie Can’t Fail” fly fishing photography contest ended Saturday and we’re just now getting the chance […]
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The deadline for our “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest is midnight tonight! We gave out a ton of free Rude Trude dry flies, but have only seen photos of 3 Rudie-caught fish so far. Perhaps the challenge of catching a fish on a bad fly was […]
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We’ve been getting some great photos of nice fish that have been caught on a Rude Trude dry fly. For example, Asher Woodson landed the pretty rainbow above on the “Rudie” (he sent another picture that better shows the trout’s size, but we’ll leave you guessing). […]
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We’ve been giving away a bunch of FREE Rude Trude dry flies here at Sweetwater Fly Shop! Have you picked up a few (or a few dozen) yet? Have you fished them? Have you caught fish on them? If you answered “no” to those questions, it’s […]
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Yesterday, Paul and I checked out a stretch of the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park that we hadn’t fished before. The scenery was spectacular and the water gorgeous. The fly fishing action was less than scintillating on this particular day, but all of the attributes […]
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Hoppers are the terrestrials that get most of the press these days. And to be sure, the trout on the Yellowstone River continue to eat a boatload (pun intended) of various hopper patterns, though perhaps not as greedily as they did a couple of weeks ago. […]
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You’ve undoubtedly already read about the Rude Trude and about our “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest in our previous Fly Zone posts. Perhaps you’ve even picked up your FREE DOZEN FLIES from us here at Sweetwater Fly Shop (if you haven’t yet, you’d better come in […]
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Enter our “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest! Enter early and often! First, the basics. Submit a photo of a fish that you caught on a Rude Trude. It’s that simple (sorta)! The Rude Trude fly itself should also be in the picture (that electric pink parachute […]
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Update: The “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest details and rules are now posted! Read about the Rude Trude below, then click here to learn how you could win glory and prizes just by catching a fish on a Rude Trude (perhaps easier said than done), taking […]
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The Yellowstone River continues to fish well, both in the Paradise Valley and downstream of Livingston. There should be no clarity issues anywhere on the river this weekend (yippee, no “where’s the mud” calls today). There’s just a touch of green, and on the Yellowstone, “green […]
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