Indigo guide Kevin Morlock is an invited speaker at this years Greater Cincinnati Fly Fishing Show that will be held on Saturday, February 5th, 2011. Indigo Guide Service will also have a booth at the show. Kevin will be talking about Great Lakes carp fishing.
The show is sponsored by The Buckeye United Fly Fishers and more info on the show can be found on their site.
Indigo guide Kevin Morlock will be tying carp and salmon flies at the Cabela's store in Dundee, Michigan on Saturday, January 22nd, 2011. Learn how to tie some of Kevin's proven flies that he uses everyday on the Pere Marquette River, Manistee River and Muskegon River for salmon or in northern Lake Michigan for carp.
Kevin has been a guest at Cabela's in the past and says that it is set-up nicely with plenty of seating and a camera that projects onto a large screen for easy viewing of details.
Kevin Morlock and Steve Martinez have been invited to tie again at this years Fly Tying Exposition.
The Great Lakes Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers will host the 11th Annual Fly Tying Exposition at the Holt High School in Holt, Michigan on Saturday, December 4, 2010. The expo will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The GLC will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary at this event. Over 80 tiers will be on hand this year to demonstrate their fly tying skills. The Federation of Fly Fishers Buz Buszek Award is the Federation's most prestigious fly tying award and we are pleased that Buszek Award recipients Jeff ABear@ Andrews and Chris Helm will be with us.. Returning talents also include Oscar Feliu, Dennis Potter, Ray Schmidt, Dick Walle, Julie Nielsen, Chris Soule, and many others.
Fly tiers will be tying a vast selection of patterns including trout flies, bass bugs, saltwater flies, streamers, emergers, dries, wets, and others. Once again, tiers will have the opportunity to sell their flies and fly tying associated goods from their table. The area for vendors will be greatly expanded with vendors offering a wide variety of fly tying, fly fishing and related products.
A number of events will be featured throughout the day including door prizes, silent auctions, bucket raffle, rummage sale, and a live auction during the lunch hour. There will also be an instruction table for individuals to tie their first fly. If you have any fly tying material or gear to donate for the rummage sale, please ship it to Dorothy Schramm at P.O. Box 828, Pentwater, MI 49449.
In addition to artwork, flyrods, guide trips, and fly fishing/tying items, the auction will have some special items this year. A special fly plate will be auctioned featuring Rusty Gates and his Friends. There will be flies from Rusty and 14 outstanding fly tyers from the GLC. We will also be having a special auction of Chauncy Lively flies and books. The auction starts at 1:00 P.M. so plan to be there for this event.
There is a modest admission fee for the event: $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 13-18; children 12 and under are free. Contact Karen Harrison to nominate a tier for the event at wwgcp@frontier.com
(NOTE: Tyers must be members of the Federation of Fly Fishers)
Michigan King Salmon with Todd Anderson and Kevin Morlock. September 2010.
This fun video was shot with a cell phone during a guided fishing trip on the Pere Marquette River. Kevin and Todd didn't know that their buddy was doing anything besides taking a few photos. It shows Kevin and the guys having to go into the wood after a hot early fall Michigan salmon.
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Steelhead Tube Fly… Basic Bucktail Tube This is Kevin's bread-and-butter steelhead streamer for fall and winter. It is extremely basic and easy to tie but absolutely effective. The lower section of many of the west Michigan streams like the Pere Marquette, Muskegon and Manistee are basically snags with water running through them. Kevin doesn't even flinch when he breaks-off and quickly ties on another. Other considerations are that this fly will cast with the ease of a small fly but has a big profile. It also allows Kevin to use his favorite steelhead hook, the Gamakatsu octopus 02408 in size 4. Being able to vary the weight with added cones and making minor color changes with bead choices allows a lot of versatility. Kevin originally tied this Clouser type fly on traditional streamer hooks but switched to a tube style because the long flash wraps and tangles on the hook shank and bend. Best For… steelhead and pike Could Also Be Used For… trout, salmon and bass ***Materials listed in tying order Tube… whatever plastic tube you like Note – Kevin makes a point to wrap tight and heavy and then glue at both ends of the tube. This keeps materials from sliding off and also reduces tube splitting. References: 1) Kevin posted a series on our Third Coast Fly site on how he streamer fishes for fall and winter steelhead. 2) You might also like the video Michigan's Fall Steel.
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