Tom Herr! Yeah, it’s taken us quite a long while to announce a Grand Prize Winner in our “Rudie Can’t Fail!” photo contest. It was just such a tough choice! All 3 of the photo entries of fish caught on the Rude Trude were nice fish, […]
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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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We’re still getting good, if not great, fishing reports about the Yellowstone River from our guides and customers. Our own recent fishing experiences match up with that assessment. For better or worse, the best bite has sometimes been in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. […]
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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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