The Indigo crew will be heading down to the Indiana On The Fly show again this year. We always look forward to seeing all of our Indiana friends, including our friends at FlyMasters. The Indiana On The Fly Show is presented by the Reel Women – Reel Men club of Indiana.
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.
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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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Steelhead Fly Recipe… Spring's Wiggler by Ron(?) Spring This is a west Michigan classic but it remains a perfect steelhead fly because it is an easy tie and fish still love to eat it. As far as a little internet reaserch produced the fly was the creation of Ron Spring who operated a sports shop in Muskegon. I like my Spring's Wigglers bushier and with a thinner body than most that I see for sale in local shops. I tie them in a variety of colors and in sizes 4-6. Best For… steelhead and salmon Could Also Be Used For… trout and carp ***Materials listed in tying order Hook… TMC 200R, size 4-6 Note – After you lash down the back make several wraps under the lashed squirrel tail near the hook eye. This will stand the hair up to look more like a head. |
