Geezus Lizard tutorial

 Its been a long time since there has been time with work and children to sit down and tie up some flies, though I have been collecting material here and there and even another reel of which I found hard to resist. I do hope to contribute more often than not and will find some tid-bit to post as time goes on. 

Any how I really dig this furled dubbing loop idea. I tried it out on a variation of another fly and found it worked excellent. would be nice to try a mono loop and add a stinger on the tail. not sure if that would work but I'll give it a go. 

Enjoy the tutorial and many thanks to Jay Zimmerman and other Bass tiers and their unique perspectives at the vice.    

Skeena River, Terrace, British Columbia

Went to Terrace to visit my wifes relatives and hooked up with some locals and slayed a few Chinook Salmon and Dolly Varden.. Such an awesome place to be and excellent fisherman to hang with.
Bathtub shot is a 50lb Chinook caught by a fishing partner.

Surface fishing Walleye video

Wife came down and surprised me with a visit so I convinced her to make a video to show a little bit of what I've been up to. I'm not much into editing video so please just enjoy the simplicity!

When surface fishing Walleye they don't seem to be overly fussy, similar to Pike they will readily attack mice, Bass bugs, poppers and even smaller dry fly's commonly used for Trout such as Humpty's and Stimulator's. The most important aspect of this style is to key in on feeding time and create a wake.

I will typically head out between 8-10pm and begin fishing sub-surface with a Clouser and locate the school or pockets where they will hold up. If things slow down or I notice any rise on the water I will switch to a gurgler in a 1 or 2/0. Most of the action heats up when it becomes dark and usually continues longer than I can.

At some point I will put up more fly pics and show a bit more of the leader system I'm using and an explanation as to the reasons. Cheers!

Video taken with Iphone by my wife who filmed with no knowledge of how to use it. So sorry for not having the video in widescreen!

Few pics

40+ in hours

Last night I had the most phenomenal experience! I went out to my hole at about 8pm caught about 4 pike and a couple Walleye in an hour and then switched to popping at about 9:30 and the bite was on, the fish were voracious and schooling aggressively, nearly every cast was a fish landed. It was beyond anything I've ever experienced, I lost count at 10 and would say 40 Walleye landed conservatively. My Iphone lost power way before the stupidity began so I couldn't get enough pics or video.

Few pics

Had an hour to spare this evening and checked out a few local spots. Things were a bit slow at first and decided to move out of the faster water to a nice calm area under a bridge and started catching as soon as the hook hit water with a Pike around 5lbs, moments later a Goldeye and 3 Walleye on White/Black Clouser. It was one of those moments that was turning into an awesome outing that unfortunately had to be cut short. If only for another hour!

Fishing lessons

I had a chance the other day to get down to the river and give the boys a lesson on catching Goldeye with a float and a little piece of Deer meat. We had such a great time. Marshall the youngest at 3yrs caught 3 while Judah at 4 landed 1 and was a bit miffed that his little bro out fished him.