Tying (and fishing) for wild browns on an experimental caddis (Savage River Fly Fishing)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This simple caddis I came up with last year is basically a mix between a standard Elk Hair Caddis, a Kings' River Caddis and a Letort Hopper.
Hook: #12-16 dry fly
Thread: Cream, or to match the body
Body: Cream synthetic dubbing (or your choice of color)
Flash: Four strands of thin Crystal Flash
Underwing: Mottled turkey slip
Wing: Deer hair
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Savage Flies is a project with the mission of encouraging and teaching fly tying to as many people as possible. The channel is named after one of my western Maryland homewaters, the Savage River. Thanks for stopping by.
I know you here it all the time but fishing the fly at the end of the video is an awesome way to show the whole process full circle. It is also very helpful that we get to see your approach fishing the Savage, really appreciate that. It is a tricky river for first time anglers.
There’s something special about coming up with your own version of a fly, and then the fish pound it! That’s exactly one of my favorite things about fly tying and flyfishing! That’s a beautiful place, Nice fish, great video! Thanks a lot Matt. 👍👍🎣🙂
Appreciate it Charlie! And you're absolutely right. And it's funny, I get most of my ideas for new flies to try tying when I'm out on the water.
Another nice simple fly and it obviously works. Keep the good stuff coming Matt.
Appreciate it Dave! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Great looking fly, I initially thought that it had 1mm foam as a wing cover instead of the turkey tail. That does look like a great caddis. Thanks Matt as always for the tying video as well as the fishing footage. I love the fishing, with the explanation of the formation of the pocket you are fishing, I also enjoy the scenery a lot, I have commented to several RUclipsrs that documenting the river and what is around the next bend is entertaining as well. I enjoy the quest of the river as well as the fishing even if there is no catching(which I can commiserate with).
I'm right there with you Lee! It took me a while to get better at tying videos, and I imagine it'll take me a while to be making better fishing videos too. On-the-water narration, while trying to hook and land a fish is a whole different skill set than sitting at my bench and reading from a script. :-)
Excellent fly Matt. I really enjoy watching your fishing style. Thanks.
Appreciate it Howard! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Great little fly and fantastic footage. Looks like a awesome fishery. Thanks Matt for sharing
It is Layton! After about five years of fishing it, it's starting to feel like home. :-)
Gotta love those caddis in every variation. A solid fly no matter where one lives. My absolute go to fly.
Thanks again for the video Matt.
Ben
You bet! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Really like this fly. I tied my first "deer hair caddis" style fly this past week. Really first foray into tying with deer hair. Looked great and fished even better! I'll definitely try adding a lil crystal flash.
Definitely Moshe! These deer hair patterns work great, in all kinds of water, and all over the world. :-)
☕️☕️Hey Matt,
That was amazing, and you pulled them right out. And I love a Caddis 👍
They do work wonders Jim! Thanks for the note. 👍
Nice , simple fly and great footage of the Savage and your fishing style. Keep the great videos coming.
Appreciate it Ed! And as always, thanks for watching my friend. :-)
@@SavageFlies Thanks. Ok was wondering, what fly rod were you using?
@@edwardmlotkiewicz2343 Ed, this was a Redington Butterstick. It's a pretty fun little rod.
Nice looking river! Always remember to bring your net cause you never know when you might need it!, And you did! 😊😊😊
Exactly right Mike! The problem is, carrying a net on a sling pack is a pain in the butt! That's why I almost skipped it this time. But I'm glad I didn't. :-)
@@SavageFlies I carry mine in it’s own yellow sleeve with it’s own strap….yellow so if I lay it down or it slips off my shoulder I can easily find it! Many times the flys popped out while the trout was in my net so might not have landed it otherwise! Tight lines!
I appreciated your voicing of your thoughts on reading the river. That first trout was nice.
Appreciate the note! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Look like you have fun on the river, After watching you tie this fly, I tied three of them for my box it a great looking pattern thank again Matt.
That’s AWESOME Matt, really enjoy watching you catch them on the flies you tie, Awesome video as always!!!!!!!!
Well I appreciate you saying that! And thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice pattern! It's official, Brown trouts like experimental caddis.
I agree! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
I've been fly fishing for only a couple-few years. I finally decided to start tying because there are variants of both dry and nymphs I think would be perfect for the water I fish but nobody offers them off the shelf. You not only offer inspiration in this regard but your fly tying videos are clear and concise. Never fished the Savage but one day soon! New sub.
Well thank you for this great comment my friend! Welcome to the channel and like I say in a lot of my videos, have fun with it! Get crazy, experiment, tie something nobody has tried before and give it a shot. That's what it's all about. :-)
Great tie Matt ! Absolutely love the fishing portion !!! It’s awesome to see how & where you fish the flies you’re demonstrating for us to tie & it’s even more exciting when your plan comes together.
Oh yeah, that makes it fun for me too! But believe me, you don't see the footage of all the patterns I try that don't work. Those would be pretty boring videos. :-)
@@SavageFlies Well I’m fairly analytical so I’d probably enjoy those portions too because it would help me see how your choices relate to mine & it may help me in future analytics
Hmm... you're giving me an interesting idea. A video on "Flies that didn't work."
@@SavageFlies That actually sounds pretty good. Maybe you could discuss the thinking behind why you chose the fly & that could help us learn some ways to apply those techniques to our own fishing strategies
Good morning Matt. ☕️ and a great video this morning. That’s a neat caddis and it was fun watching you fish it on the Savage. Not bad for having only an hour to fish too. Take care Matt.
Thanks John! Yeah, sometimes that's the way it goes. But believe me, this river has kicked my butt plenty. Some days in January and February for sure, I can spend the whole day on the water with nothing to show for it!
Outstanding!!
Well thank you! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Nice tie and fishing Matt! My wife liked the size correction you posted after catching the big brown trout!
Haha! Thanks George. Sometimes I exaggerate a little and then check the film later and think, meh... I must have been dreaming. :-)
Always a pleasure to watch you fish Matt well done!!!
Well I appreciate that Scott! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
I love the experimentation! I do this all the time. I'm no purist, and I usually use patterns as a loose guideline. I don't have all the exact materials, in all their different sizes and colors, and I also adjust flies to my environment.
Yep, that's the way to do it! And that's pretty much what Doug Prince did when he changed up the brown forked tail and came up with what is one of the most popular and successful nymphs of all time. :-)
Nice fly. Great fishing Matt.
Appreciate it Ken! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Awesome watching you get some fish on the Savage! Thank you for sharing it.
Great episode today Matt. Thanks for sharing this caddis. It looks great. Beautiful place to fish.
It is indeed Chad! You should make a trip down to Maryland someday. It's not that far from you. :-)
Thanks Matt for another great fly tying video, and great watching you fish 😂👍
Appreciate it John! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Love the on the water video. Thanks for showing us.
I am so jealous!! Just a couple more weeks and I can go. Great looking pattern, will have to try it. Thanks Matt
It won't be long Mark! Good luck my friend. :-)
Gorgeous looking river Matt and a cool looking fly
Thanks for the video
You bet Dave! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Good fishing. A buttery Brown is the perfect description. Reminds me of a Cedar Waxwing. Looks like some interesting water there. Another fly pattern I'll have to explore. Thanks.
Definitely Mel! There's nothing like stream-bred fish to showcase their natural colors. :-)
Great to see you on the river Matt!
Thanks Dan! I just wish I could get out more often. :-)
Interesting looking caddis pattern. I’m glad to see you had a chance to try it out and even catch a few. Thanks for the video and have a great week !
Appreciate it Mike! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
“Actually, 15 & 1/2 inches”
“He’s a fish”!
LOL
Great video.
Very nice job. Great looking fly. Fun to throw this time of year. I love hungry Fall fish. Thank you Matt. Great footage. Living the dream.
That's right Jeff! Driving home from the river that night, I was thinking of everybody I know fishing the saltwater flats, and chasing big bonefish... and I was just thinking, nah, I love this place. A small mountain river is just right for me. :-)
@@SavageFlies Makes you feel right at home.
This was fun to watch Matt! When your best fly isn't working its time to see what we might try. I was surprised to see you did well with such a light color for this time of year, but then again that's the fun in picking something. You have a nice home river with nice brown's. Enjoyed watching. Tight lines. 👍
Thanks Jim; I appreciate the kind words! As far as the light colored caddis patterns, they seem to do well here year round. We do have a cinnamon caddis here in the fall and there is a small gray one in both the spring and winter, but for some reason, the natural (lighter) color works almost all the time.
Great video, beautiful stretch of river! Thanks Matt.
It is indeed Garrett! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Excellent video as always sir.
Way to pick out the fish from the tougher spots. Good on ya sir.
Well thank you Andre! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
thanks for taking us along ✊🏿
You bet Andrew! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
That was awesome quick tie n the fishin videos sure glad ya decided to add the fishing videos to the fly tie Awesome job!! Tight lines !!!
Appreciate it Richard! I'd do fishing videos every time but I only get out on the water every couple of weeks. :-)
I pretty much tied that fly back in the 1980"s with out the flash. A quick tie version of the Letort Hopper. I give some flash a shot. Its getting cold, the local streams are very low and starting to fill with leaves. Rifle deer season starts in about three weeks. Nice stream.
Thanks for the note George! And yep, it's going to be a battle with all the leaves for the next several weeks.
Great footage on the river! Thanks Matt.
Appreciate it Frank! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Thanks Matt, I’m on the little Manistee river in NW Michigan. So grateful for your teaching. Catching and watching my brothers catching Kings on flies I tied has been a great experience. Have a blessed day my friend.
That is OUTSTANDING! They must think you're a fly tying wiz now. :-)
Very cool! Gorgeous river view. Sweet looking fish.
Appreciate it Jeff! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
@@SavageFlies my pleasure Matt. God Bless
Awesome footage Matt!!! Thanks for the share. Love the fly!! Will be adding a couple to my box.
Definitely Alex! Have fun with it my friend. :-)
@@SavageFlies Hey Matt, will you be attending the fly tying symposium in NJ next month??
I'm busy that Saturday but I plan to go up on Sunday. Are you going?
Excellent fly👍👍👍
Love that river, wish I had something like that near me. All my fishing I have to plan.
I'm kind of the same way Thomas. I usually plan my full-day fishing trips well in advance. I have to balance them out with family time and kid duties. Unless... I'm out working on the farm. Then I can drive out for an hour or two when the work is done. Well, the work is never done on the farm, but sometimes I am. :-)
I think you made a "Flashy Letort Haddis" there, Matt!
I think you're right Jim! With a slightly different head though. 👍
Fun post and liked the pattern. Thanks👏👏👏
Thanks Ralph! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Nice n buggy looking! I am gonna clean up my fly ones n add some of this pattern. God Bless n fish on!
Fishy fishing at it's finest! 👍👍
Appreciate it Rich! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
thanks matt some nice fish there. see ya joe
Fabulous video. Thanks Matt.
Appreciate it Warren! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice looking fly Matt, always nice to end a good day at work with a hour or two of relaxation fishing on the Savage. You can always get by forgetting to bring certain items on a fishing trip, but never ever your net. It might mean the difference between kicking yourself in the rear end than patting yourself on the back for landing that personal best wall hanger, C-A-R reproduction.
Great point Phil! I almost skipped the net this time because I only had an hour and didn't feel like wearing my vest so just grabbed my sling bag. But I'm glad I brought it. :-)
Matt, years ago my brother fished a Bass tournament in his new boat, a early nasty May day, you should have been sitting on a couch watching a football game, 15 minutes after the start, he hooked a pig, but he forgot his dip net, he almost lost his fish, 13lbs. 5ozs., He won big bass and tournament with his one fish.
That is a great video and a fantastic pattern!
Great fishing and fly. Thx Matt.
Appreciate it Clyde! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Wonderful Matt. Love the footage
Appreciate it Mike! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice tie! 👍
Great Video Matt Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Mike! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Great video Matt! I was on the Savage too. Let's go!
Thanks Randy! I thought about ya'll and wish I could have met up with some of the group but I was only able to get out Friday night.
Thanks Matt this one made my day love the video
Well I appreciate you Marty! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Great video Matt ! Thanks for sharing
Thanks! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Awesome video Matt 🎣🎣👍
Appreciate it MIchael! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice video. Doesn’t matter the size. I enjoy catching the small ones. Takes a little more finesse.
Matt, Nice fly, I like it. Keep making videos !
As to your net magnet issue....You can buy rare earth magnets in different diameters. Measure the one on the net, and get one then it is a simple matter of epoxy and something like a plit ring or a piece of paracord
Great tip Patrick! I just might have to give this a try. :-)
Great video Matt
Appreciate it Ronnie! And thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Very nice, fly and fishing. :-)
Appreciate it Terry! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
So awesome to see
Thanks Jim! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
I am looking forward to getting out to western MD to fish the Savage this fall or winter (hopefully). Most of my fishing is on the Gunpowder because it’s close to home. But I am definitely itching to fish the Savage. I also really appreciate your channel because of the MD angle.
Thanks Brian! Drop me an email when you plan the trip and maybe that'll be one of my weekends at the farm. If so I'd be happy to show you around. (matt@savageflies.com) As far as the GP, that's probably my second most frequented river. It can be nice, and I can usually get into some fish there. I seem to get the numbers from the GP but the bigger fish on the Savage. But head's up... the Savage can humble you. I've driven home from there many days with my tail between my legs, smelling like a skunk. :-)
Fantastic !
Thanks John! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
The First Commandment of Fly Fishing, Thou shalt not swim in waders. I try to always wear my Fly Vest PFD while fishing. It is a little cumbersome but…. I was fishing once in Kentucky in a small lake (Gravel pit) and tried to step into a spring, I felt the gravel giving way like quicksand, and managed to backpedal quickly enough to keep the water out of my waders, it was a huge reminder of why I was wearing the PFD vest.
Holy cow, that's a scary feeling! I've never done that but I've gotten stuck in waist deep fast water, in the middle of a river barely being able to turn around to wade back. It took me about an hour moving a half inch at a time. I've since learned to be very careful, particularly in the winter when taking a swim can be dangerous. I'm a little more adventurous in the warmer months. :-)
I got skunked on the lower Savage this weekend, with only one take. I did get a tiny brookie and a dace on the upper end though.
Well I've been there Allen! It's already July and I think I've only been on the Savage four times this year, and if I recall, I was skunked twice. But... I'm heading back on Saturday, and this will be my first trip since the terrestrials have been out. I'm hoping a big hopper pattern will be the ticket. I'll definitely have some footage if I have a good day. :-)
Solid fly (should we call it “Matt’s Generic Fall Caddis” or “Matt’s Turkey Wing Caddis?”) & very fun fishing video. Well done on both! Also well done on not dunking yourself with that slippery rock.
Thanks Bob! And you know, I almost always think positive, and ask myself, "If I hook a big fish right here, where's he going to go and how will I play him?" Of course every now and then I forget to think of that, and get myself in a little of a bind. :-)
I know it's a caddis imitation but putting on some golden pheasant tips for a short tail would add a little extra trigger!
It just might Chasse! And BTW, I see your emails but haven't gotten to my inbox since getting back from the farm. I'm traveling for work again tomorrow so will probably get to them later in the week.
Unfortunately these days everyone is so busy !!seems the pace just gets faster ,never less.
Oh how I wish I was closer to clear water streams.
I hear you Greg! My ten years in the Navy had me living in coastal cities and I had to spend a half a day driving to find any mountain water. I'm pretty fortunate where I'm living now. :-)
We have some stocked conservation streams here in Missouri but they just get so much pressure that it is not that much fun
🤓👍Awesome fly, awesome fishing segment! Well done Matt! No hackle, you use floatant or keep it a low rider? That reminded me of fishing a Usual in fast water pockets or a cobbed up variant of T.R.'s snow shoe emerger I tie, fished in the moderate currents.
Hey, speaking of low rider, I got a pleasant surprise on Columbus day. The "boonie" came! 😂👏Very functional and practical headgear. Love the size adjustment draw cord. You're too kind, many thanks my friend. USPS must deliver packages on holidays like they do on Sundays.
BTW, my wife spent this past week in Port Deposit and a day or two in I think she said Frederick MD for the LRC, Inc National Specialty with some of our "kids".. I mean Labs 😉The dogs did very well and she came back with a basket of different varieties of wine and a basket of Southern treats 😋from winning raffles. Can't wait to try the peach jams and hot pepper jellies, salsas. Some stone ground grits, 😋Praline pecans, different SC rice, cookies, crackers, some meat jerky, etc. Sorry, don't mean to tease with this carbalicious sweetness, but I haven't had Southern food in many years. Pinehurst Resort, NC breakfasts were awesome, and friends in Georgia showed us a good time when we visited them. Thanks again Matt 😀👍
Thanks Joe! This was a fun video to make. But I tell you, the whole time I'm fishing, I'm always wondering... is the camera on? Is it pointing to the right place? Because believe me, sometimes it's not. Sometimes I've just taken a break, taken a leak, eaten a sandwich, then go to turn the camera on and actually turn it off. That's when you realize you were just recording the last 20 minutes of nothing. So my hat's off to these channels who make good fishing videos. It's a definite skill that you've got to hone.
As far as floatant, oh yeah, I gooped this thing up good. I pretty much do that with all my deer hair or elk hair caddis patterns. Now for the snowshoe hair, I must have some bad feet. I've got at least a half dozen colors but the hair is so short, I've never been able to tie Rosenbauer's emerger in anything bigger than an 18.
Speaking of Frederick, MD, yep that's central Maryland, not too far from where I live but a couple hours from western "Mountain" Maryland. But pretty much all the delicious foods you mentioned are off-limits on my low carb diet. Ugghhh!
I'm glad you like the hat. I got a couple for myself. :-)
@@SavageFlies Too bad on the ss feet. The first calf body hair I got from Orvis was very short, couldn't use it on the size flies I tied... 12s and up. Filming 🎥, you do do just fine 🙂 Sort of a Murphys law when fishing, you get a fish 🐟 when you're doing something else. Those key lime cookies from Charleston SC are great 👍 I haven't got into the beef sticks and jerky from WA state yet ☺️ You do just fine on filming IMO. 👍Take care!
@@joeduca8582 Hmmmm... beef sticks and jerky. That's something I can eat!
@@SavageFlies So is this diet self inflicted or doctor"s orders? 🤔 I shouldn't be eating any of these carbaluscious, sweet and salty treats she won, doctor's orders. 🤫 My "in moderation" diet is getting blown away. 😒
Mine is self-imposed. My pants were getting too tight so I signed up for a marathon in the spring and now have to get ready for it. 🤪
Fly boxes that's what I meant as they're disorganized! Lol
Hahaha! You and me both Richard. :-)
Matt ever think of opening a Fly tying/fishing discord server? Great Tie btw
No, I haven't! Should I? I don't know anything about Discord. Maybe I'll have to do some research. Thanks for the note. :-)
Love it, great pattern and wonderful fall evening, What 3 wt are you using?
Thanks John! This is the Reddington Butterstick. I think mine is from their version two models ago. A few years back they made it with a white and brown retro look, but I think they've gone back to the yellow for the Butterstick III. It's a fun little rod. (If I could find an old model in a 2-wt I'd probably pick one up!)
Hi what set up do you use on your glass rod when fishing this fly ? thank you (ps love using a glass rod)