There is an angler who fished his last 'big league' angling competition this week, having been five decades on the competition trail in north America. And in his episode entitled, 'History and Techniques of the Rico Lure', he explains that how his father before him had fished with chugging lures, one that was known back then as a 'lucky thirteen'. The chugging lure was a slow bait that sort of drew fish out of hidding, or provoked them. And that by the time the son was growing up, witnessing anglers who fished using chugging baits (and that is now half a century ago from today), Rick Clunn in the episode about the Rico lure, he realized that anglers in his younger days had changed from fishing chuggers slowly, to speeding up the lures dramatically. There were adjustments and engineering changes made to the bait which had enabled it to happen. The point is though, there is a long back-story that exists behind the description that Kelly used of how to fish using a Flat-Liner today, in 2024.
I'm positive in the last 12 years Kelly has named 90+ favorite streamers of his hahah. And that's a joke- but I also get where he's coming from. Different waterways, different variations, different this- that etc. My top 5 1. Russ Maddin Circus Peanut (not that old commercial thing either- but the ones Russ ties) 2. Rich Strolis- Ice PIck Minnow 3. Thomas Harvey's Trophy Wife that I articulated and bastardized into my Gravity's Rainbow 4. Lafkas' Bit O' Envy- conehead peanut envy variant with a shank wiggle tail and a small size 2 or size 4 hook with a tungsten cone. Right at 3" the thing is awesome for smaller waters 5. Galloup's Sex Dungeon- just a classic and it produces in many colors and sizes. Great combo trout/smallie fly. Runner's UP Barely Legal, Boogie Man, Drunk & Disorderly, Lafkas' Brushhead Deceiver,
🤘🏻😏🤘🏻Can we have another set of tying contests? I missed out, and I'm jealous. I don't want to go back to 2020. But I'd love to see an annual contest in all categories. Prizes could be nothing. Just for bragging rights and a chance to hang with the cool kids.
So basically, one would need one of the x-tra large Cliff's fly suitcases to house the five flies. I love streamer fishing, but I must be a lost ball in high weeds, because I have the same two streamers on my streamer rods that I had on in late June. Really. All I do is check for things like leader knots, bent hooks, etc. and re-tie if i have to. I have boxes and boxes of flies that get to go on each trip, but they hardly ever get to go fishing. I even leave the same flies on when I switch to smallmouth!.
It's HILARIOUS to me that Kelly just trolled everyone with his "top 5" lol. Just buy 2 of every one of his patterns and colors and you'll be fine. Surely that will cover 90% of his favorite flies lol
@Podobed black, tan, olive, yellow, and white/cream are the only ones I've ever needed. I have brown and purple but on my local river (provo). I never had a good day on those colors.
Hi Everyone, I’ve been streamer fishing this river in Northern California with white river sized browns but they act super strange. I’ve done 20 floats on this river this season and haven’t caught a single one but I’ll have 35+ follows per float. I’ll even get them to follow in a figure eight but they never eat the fly. Another strange part is that they don’t hold in normal streamer water. Most of my follows come from 20-35 foot deep holes. They’re not holding in that 18-36” feeding water. Does anyone have any idea what might be going on?
Study musky fishing and moon phases. Predator fish respond to triggers like moon rise/set (minors) and when moon is at zenith (majors). Feeding will turn on/off on a dime.
What about fishing at different times of day? If you’re fishing during the day they’re probably holding in those deeper runs, but dusk/dawn and nighttime you might be able to find more in the transition water
@@Norcalfisherr I would like to keep it a secret… out of the 2 years I’ve been floating it I haven’t seen a single other boat or bank angler. It’s in the Tahoe area.
