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August Fly of the Month — Hogan’s Bass Cracker

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Brian Wise

I recently had the chance to fish a PILE of Idylwilde bass flies….you see, it is Smallmouth time in Southern Missouri and it is pretty hard for me to peel away from those scrappy fish to guide trout–but you do … Continue reading →

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Fly of the Month–June, 2010

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Brian Wise

After a year long hiatus (we hear he left to hike the AT and was side-tracked by a hippie girl along the way) the Fly of the Month is back….with a vengeance. Officially summer starts this month…..and, to me, that means … Continue reading →

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Fly of the Month…Red Fox Squirrel Nymph–with video

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Brian Wise

Dave Whitlock’s crazy-awesome pattern that is supposed to be equally good for smallmouth as it is for trout…or so we hear. ;) Continue reading →

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Fly of the month…throwback, with video

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Brian Wise

The “Fly of the month” has taken an unpaid leave of absence after a drunken brawl and cross-dressing incident (all at the same time=not pretty) Continue reading →

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Fly of the month….Wooly Bugger

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Brian Wise

Continuing with the Old School crazy fish catching series of flies I just had to include the Wooly Bugger….as much as I hate to.  You see I simply hate this fly-period.  I don’t know exactly what it is or if … Continue reading →

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February Fly of the Month….

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Brian Wise

February means changes to Fly Fishing the Ozarks Blog so I thought we would start a new Fly of the Month series.  Our last series was of course the super cool big fish catching Galloup Series of Streamers and it … Continue reading →

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January Fly of the Month….Sculpzilla

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Brian Wise

I would like to be able to say that the name of a fly will not make me look twice…but I can’t. When I see names like this months fly of the month, yeah, I’ll check it out. The Sculpzilla … Continue reading →

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June Fly of the Month….San Juan Worm???

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Brian Wise

Ok, so this months “Fly of the Month” may seem a little like a cop-out.  Sure this pattern is the most stupid easy pattern to tie, but there is NO DENYING that it catches an insane amount of fish.  I … Continue reading →

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April Fly of the Month…Slumpbuster

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Brian Wise

I came across this fly in a swap a few years ago.  At first I thought, “Hey, nice looking streamer”…then I saw it in the water and FREAKED!  Now my streamer box pretty much consists of one full side of … Continue reading →

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Fly of the Month January

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Brian Wise

I recently had an “AHA” moment.  That moment was when I realised that older fly patterns still work.  Now, I do have to say that I am not one of those guys that always fishes the new crazy-awesome patterns….actually I … Continue reading →

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