Posted on June 04 2012
Those that follow T.F.M. on the various streams of social media have already been watching as the Meat Locker has been coming together in preparation for the trip to Beaver Island off the coast of Michigan for Carp School later this week.
I'm getting excited about taking off on Thursday morning and having this fly box squared away is the first step in getting packed up and prepped for the trip.
As the contents of the fly box were taking shape I realized that all but a few patterns have come from the stateside vises of specialty fly tiers. How cool is that?
I have nothing against flies being tied out of country but will say that there is something special about a fly that has been tied by someone you know and for a specific trip that you are going on. The flies just seem to have more mojo wrapped into them.
The list of fly tiers included in the Beaver Island Carp Box includes:
Tim Blair of Tim's Warm Water Flies
Michael Decoteau of RedSpotFly
Nick Granato of Fly Obsession
Thomas Harvey of Carolina Fly
Jean-Paul Lipton of Roughfisher.com
Michael Schmidt of Angler's Choice Flies
Jim Stuard of Fly Fish Ohio
S.S. Flies
The box is a mix of small but mostly large patterns. The carp of Beaver Island have a preference for large meals which imitate their forage of crayfish and gobies and three inch long flies are not out of line.
There is a whole bunch of goodness in this fly box and I can't wait to drop a fly in front of a feeding carp on Beaver Island. Thanks to each fly tier who I've bought, traded, or stole these patterns from to complete this fly box. I greatly appreciate it.
I've got just a few more days to wrap up a few things at the house, work, and finish getting packed to jump on a plane northward.
I'm getting excited about taking off on Thursday morning and having this fly box squared away is the first step in getting packed up and prepped for the trip.
As the contents of the fly box were taking shape I realized that all but a few patterns have come from the stateside vises of specialty fly tiers. How cool is that?
I have nothing against flies being tied out of country but will say that there is something special about a fly that has been tied by someone you know and for a specific trip that you are going on. The flies just seem to have more mojo wrapped into them.
The list of fly tiers included in the Beaver Island Carp Box includes:
Tim Blair of Tim's Warm Water Flies
Michael Decoteau of RedSpotFly
Nick Granato of Fly Obsession
Thomas Harvey of Carolina Fly
Jean-Paul Lipton of Roughfisher.com
Michael Schmidt of Angler's Choice Flies
Jim Stuard of Fly Fish Ohio
S.S. Flies
The box is a mix of small but mostly large patterns. The carp of Beaver Island have a preference for large meals which imitate their forage of crayfish and gobies and three inch long flies are not out of line.
There is a whole bunch of goodness in this fly box and I can't wait to drop a fly in front of a feeding carp on Beaver Island. Thanks to each fly tier who I've bought, traded, or stole these patterns from to complete this fly box. I greatly appreciate it.
I've got just a few more days to wrap up a few things at the house, work, and finish getting packed to jump on a plane northward.
