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Fly Fishing Blog Spotlight: The Slippery Trout

I’ve been enjoying reading this blog for a little while now: The Slippery Trout: A Fly Fishing Blog.

About the Blog In the writer’s own words
This blog is primarily designed to record my time fly fishing for trout in the northeastern United States; however, I write and post about anything I encounter during my fishing expeditions.

Just as it says, Matt, presents a sort of online fishing journal, complete with pics of more than just fish.  In his latest post on Pennsylvania’s Penns , Elk and Fishing Creeks we get fish pics, info on the hatches and some wildflower pics (with identification).

The inclusion of insect hatch info and wildflower pics should be a great help to the fly fisherman interested in Phenology (as we all should be).

From Wikipedia
Phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate.

So, check out the wildflower pictures, review the hatch info and take notes. Next year when you see those flowers blooming you’ll know just what flies to tie.

Gear Review: Fat Bluegill’s Small Bugz Fly Box

Gear Review: Fat Bluegill’s Small Bugz Fly Box

Gear Review: Fat Bluegills Small Bugz Fly Box

Gear Review: Fat Bluegill's Small Bugz Fly Box

The Fat Bluegill’s Small Bugz Fly Box has over 200 slots for your dry-flies and nymphs plus four wire midge holder/threaders. I’d say it’s good for dries up to about a size 16 or 14 – much bigger than that and you’ll be squishing the wing or parachute post when you close the box.

The overall quality is good – but here’s the kicker: They only cost $7.99! That’s compares pretty favorably to the cost of the C&F Midge boxes (they’re about 1/7 the cost of a comparable C&F box). The C&F boxes have a little edge regarding fit and finish – but at that price…

While I can’t speak to the durabilty of these boxes – I just got mine this season. I can say that they seem to be a great bargain. I’m not going to say that they are the equal of the more expensive fly-boxes but, at that price, I’m pretty happy with them.

Fat Bluegill’s offers several other fly boxes and many other products too.