Flicking feathers

https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers Step by step instructions for another effective fly for coastal seatrout. The Vaskebjørn could be taken for a shrimp or a baitfish and is certainly worth having in your box. Materials Used Hook: B10S 2-6 Thread: Tan Weight: Black bead chain Tail Large grizzly Body:  1/3 red seal fur, 2/3 natural seal fur Body hackle: Large grizzly Head: Glo-brite No.4

Step by step instructions for a nice bass popper that will work for all kinds cover oriented species. https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers support the channel and  be  entered to giveaways and get members only content. Twitter/instagram @flickinfeathers material used Hook:  Gamakatsu B10s Thread: Danville's flat waxed nylon Weed guard:  20lb mono Tail: Marabou Legs:Barred round rubber Body: Ice dub or similar Body hackle: Grizzly saddle Head: foam block cut from Jigsaw mat or commercially available zudbubbler head

It's getting to be rainy season here in Tokyo, which means overcast to heavily cloudy days, warm stable weather and plenty of water to keep the rivers nicely topped up.  I love this time of year in Japan because the freshwater fishing is excellent.  As the humidity started ramping up I  decided to visit a river I had been leaving alone after some major construction work had ruined large sections about 3 years ago. I am glad I did!  As it always does, nature had taken its course and  the floods of the last few rainy seasons had carved out new pools where there had been flat canalised sections, the weedgrowth and insect life had recovered. I found the river teeming with life, huge shoals of this year's fry, minnows and dace were in the shallows with bass, carp and barbel capitalising on this protein rich buffet. Most of the time, I sight fish the rivers around here as they are so clear and I would rather see 3 fish eat then catch 10 blind casting.  But I wanted to move quite q