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Fishadelic Foto Friday!!

Brian Wise — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:36:39 +0000

Fishadelic Foto Friday….Warm Water Whammy edition…

August Fly of the Month — Hogan’s Bass Cracker

Brian Wise — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:56:59 +0000

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 what you have to do. These Idylwilde flies are super cool, just look ‘fishy’, and they CATCH FISH.

To be honest I was more excited about some of the cool top-water flies like the Warm Water Whammy and a baitfish imitation called the BellyDancer….but I had this super heavy, very driftable fly called “Hogan’s Bass Cracker” in the mix as well. First cast with a Bass Cracker — Fish On! This thing is not for the faint of heart as it has one purpose, to get deep, QUICK but it is insanely effective. It drifts very, very well on a tight line through your favorite smallmouth runs and bottom bounces in the slow deep pools just as well. Give it a shot!

Idylwilde Flies New Site

Brian Wise — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:23:12 +0000

For the last several years I have been secretly stealing ideas from the insanely awesome hunk of flies produced by Idylwilde. Everyone knows when you come across a pattern that you just KNOW will produce the sound that one makes is always the same weather it is “MMMMMM” or “UUUUUGH” and trust me browsing the flies on the site will make you go horse from said sounds. Actually the fly above was “featured” in Day 3 of the ’09 Missouri Trout Odyssey Video while night fishing Taney….it works.

So check out their site here www.idylwilde.com and their new blog here http://www.idylwilde.com/wordpress/index.php