Monday, March 31, 2014

Spring, midges, and low flows

17" Rainbow

16" 

19"

19"
Hello to all my fellow fishers out there. The fishing at the ferry is fantastic, it's spring so, midges midges and more midges. Zebra midge patterns #18-#14, blk/slvr, red/slvr, grey/black, any midgy combination you can come up with if you tie. Egg patterns are still producing in some places on the river, worms are also producing in some places, and to my surprise I have been pulling a few fish on scud patterns. Most flies are in #16, but anything from #18 in the midges to #12 in the worms and scuds. 
The fish are in great health, getting some good girth out there, fat and happy fish. 

As always right lines and always remeber to keep that tip up,
Mick Lovett
MCO 


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Friday, March 14, 2014

Fly Fishing is an American Tradition

All the way across the country from the fly fishing at Lee’s Ferry, The American Museum of Fly Fishing sits in Manchester, Vermont. It showcases the history, traditions and practices of the sport of fly fishing. Even though Vermont is far away from the Colorado River and Northern Arizona, one thing’s for sure—fly fishing has shown itself to be one of the most nationally appreciated hobbies and pastimes time and time again.

Fly fishing in the United States got its start when anglers tried using artificial lures in the streams of the Catskill Mountains of New York in the late 1800s. One fisherman, Charles F. Orvis, developed America’s first fully modern fly reel. Today, there are Orvis stores around the country selling products for people who like to spend time outdoors in nature.

The sport of fly fishing increasingly caught on right through the turn of the century. It has been said that fly fishing peaked in the 1920s, as anglers took to the waters of New England and the Midwest en masse. Writer Ernest Hemingway helped expose the sport to people through his writing, including the 1926 book The Sun Also Rises. Then, in the 1950s, another peak time for fly fishing occurred as new developments in the rods, fly lines and leaders made the sport less expensive, and thus more accessible to the general population.

Brad Pitt—yes, Brad Pitt—helped fly fishing enjoy yet another resurgence in the 1990s when he was seen fly fishing in the 1992 Robert Redford hit movie A River Runs Through It.

Marble Canyon Outfitters’ Mick Lovett is an Orvis-endorsed fly fishing guide who landed his first fish on a fly rod at Lees Ferry when he was 4-years-old. Our fly fishing experiences carry on the time-tested tradition of fly-fishing in one of the most spectacular natural settings in the country. Visit
our website to book your trip today.

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