04-16-2014, 01:29 PM
This is my last report with the BFT traveling fly box as it has now been sent to Photobill.
A couple of weeks ago I headed to a small stream about an hour from my house with high hopes that the winter season would be as good as the summer. For the first hour I fished various nymphs with no success. Then it started snowing and a magical midge hatch came off. The fish started feeding all up and down the stream. It was really tough because I couldn't see my fly through the snow. I hook three and my son hooked a couple. We didn't get any of them in. I guess we need practice with the size 28 flies. In a matter of minutes the top water was over for the day. I then found a red copper pheasant tail in the BFT fly box. The hatch must have sparked some feeding because I caught one after another on that nymph until it was beat up. It is now retired in the back of the fly box.
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Having the BFT fly box gave me the excuse to get out a couple of more times than I other wise might have at this time of year. I hope everyone else has as much fun as I have had. I can't wait to hear the stories from future users of the BFT fly box.
Windriver
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A couple of weeks ago I headed to a small stream about an hour from my house with high hopes that the winter season would be as good as the summer. For the first hour I fished various nymphs with no success. Then it started snowing and a magical midge hatch came off. The fish started feeding all up and down the stream. It was really tough because I couldn't see my fly through the snow. I hook three and my son hooked a couple. We didn't get any of them in. I guess we need practice with the size 28 flies. In a matter of minutes the top water was over for the day. I then found a red copper pheasant tail in the BFT fly box. The hatch must have sparked some feeding because I caught one after another on that nymph until it was beat up. It is now retired in the back of the fly box.
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Having the BFT fly box gave me the excuse to get out a couple of more times than I other wise might have at this time of year. I hope everyone else has as much fun as I have had. I can't wait to hear the stories from future users of the BFT fly box.
Windriver
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