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This episode brings you the definitive podcast on stillwater flyfishing. Denny Rickards presents stillwater tactics that will not only help you have more success but gives us a little insight into the fishes perspective. Through his considerable experience he is able to boil the information into easy to follow and understand directions for catching more and bigger fish on your favorite stilllwater. You can contact Denny here: www.flyfishingstillwaters.com for more information. One more thing, this episode is brought to you by Cortland Line and they have been nice enough to supply us with some Clear Camo intermediate sink flylines to give away. We are having a photo contest and the best flyfishing photo, as judged by us, will receive one of these Clear Camo Flylines. Feel free to submit a story along with your photo. We will post all the photos on the site and let you know who the winner is after Halloween. Submit your photos to either Wylie or Mikes email address under the "contact" button.You can also contact Cortland for more information by clicking here. Cortland

Today's fly of the week: Denny's Multi-tailed Seal Bugger

The fly patterns I've designed for stillwater are suggestive, imitating a variety of food sources trout eat. I don't believe you need alot of flies, but you need a variety of colors and sizes of reliable patterns that catch trout.


Thank heavens fly tying is an endless activity of creating and brainstorming. The fly patterns of tomorrow have yet to be created, but we are working on it. Another version of my Seal Bugger resulted in this Multi-tailed pattern with a few other changes. The more obvious change is that I added another color to the tail to give the fly a little added appeal. I also added Holographic flash-a-bou instead of the standard flash-a-bou over the tail. In the body I added ice dub and mixed it with seals fur. On many lakes where I tested this pattern there was no apparent difference, but on others there was marked improvement in the bite. You be the judge.

Recipe:
Hook: size 8-10
Tail: Olive and Orange Maraboo and holographic flashabou
Body: mix olive ice dub with seal fur
Hackle: Burnt Orange Saddle

Tie weighted if desired: