The Hi-Vis Baetis Parachute. Spring heralds the first substantial hatch of the year: the baetis (blue-winged olive) mayfly. These little guys hatch prolifically on the Paradise Valley spring creeks, but also in good numbers on the Yellowstone River and other freestone fisheries. The diminutive size of […]
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Welcome to our inaugural Fly Tying Corner instructional video, in which Brewer shows us how to tie a killer stonefly nymph, the Get It Down Pat’s! If you can’t come to us, we’ll come to you to help you tie through the social distancing! We hope […]
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What with all of the weird “spring” weather we’ve had, we’re hearing all kinds of speculation about the highly anticipated Mother’s Day Caddis hatch on the Yellowstone River. If you looked at the river this morning, its resemblance to green tea with a bit of milk […]
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Most of the new flies we see year to year are variations on a theme. Yes, some of those variations are pretty juicy, but it’s rare that we come across an exciting new “genre” of flies altogether. Recently, we’ve been seeing more and more jig-head nymphs […]
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Wow, we’ve got so many exciting things to announce right now, it’s hard to know where to start! Why not begin with the most exciting? We’ve recently brought Mollie Simpkins on board as our first-ever Director of Conservation & Education. Mollie will be, and is already, […]
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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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