Justin at Winona Fly Factory took a break. He is back now and sharing his explorations, which seriously help one learn along the way. Justin shares a link for the Minnesota Trout Forum, which has helped hone his skills and provided solutions to those ‘why’s that?’ questions we encounter. There is a lot of great entomological information and, of course, fly tying in Winona Fly Factory. Go back into the archives and discover the gems.
SwittersB & Fly Fishing
Over a year ago, Ed Herbst and Tim Rolston pointed me toward Tom Sutcliffe. At the time, my searching nose was pointed mostly toward NW Steelhead and Western Trout. Herbst and Rolston had been refreshing discoveries and Tom Sutcliffe’s work was equally rewarding.
This morning, I was searching Google Images for a mayfly emerger pattern, something simple to tie. I saw a somewhat unkempt pattern (my style also, my ‘impressionistic’ tendancies) and noted it was on Tom Sutcliffes site.
Bob Wyatt Emerger @ Tom Sutcliffe
The point beyond Bob Wyatt’s pattern, is as I looked at Tom Sutcliffe’s site, I discovered excellent writing and little gems along the way that somehow are unique compared to much of what we receive in the FF info flow. Check out this section from a while back of Tom’s site and see if you don’t agree there isn’t uniqueness, innovation (check out the J Vice), exploration, openness, something different.
