Photo selection: Bull trout, rain, and DRYFT Waders

bull trout close to hand

Conditions were less than optimal for fishing on Saturday. Freezing rain, wind, and waves made fishing a bit difficult to say the least. The use of a light switch rod made handling the wind better, but completely numb hands (nothing like forgetting the gloves at home) were really starting to get in the way of a fun time. Luckily, a few fish showed up to play so the adrenaline rush kept us out long enough to snap a few pics.

The first fish of the day.

Searun Bull Trout DRYFT Fishing

Wind and waves

Stormy day on the water fly fishing

Putting a bend in the 5wt Switch on a healthy bull trout.

 

DRYFT - Fish ON with a big bend in the 5 wt switch

 

DRYFT product testing

 

bull trout close to hand

DRYFT Waders and bull trout. A winning combination.

 

Bull trout fly fishing saltwater

Score.

DRYFT waders with bull trout

DRYFT waders with bull trout

What defines the fishing lifestyle?

Big bull trout fly fishing lifestyle

As I was eagerly tearing into the newest issue of The Drake, the very first article has a great quote that I feel just about sums it up perfectly.  From the “put-in” in the Spring issue of The Drake:

“It’s not only the week-long or even weekend trips that define a flyfishing (or fishing) lifestyle. It’s where you can go after work, when you only have an our until dark.”

So are you going today after work or this weekend for a few hours? The bull trout pictured here was caught while fishing for less than an hour after work a few weeks back.

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Big bull trout fly fishing lifestyle

Introducing the S13 waders by DRYFT

DRYFT waders

DRYFT waders

 

Made with one clear mission in mind; To blur the lines between design and performance at an affordable price.  The DRYFT S13 wader features high tech, fully breathable 5 layer and 3 layer 100% waterproof DWR (Durable Water Repellent) coated fabric.  The DRYFT S13 waders meet your on the water demands, and excel at keeping you dry and comfortable all day with the extra features you’d expect of a much more expensive wader.

Available now in the shop!

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DRYFT hats

A limited line of DRYFT logo hats are available now in the shop. Check it before they’re gone.

Waders are about to drop. Stay tuned because they will be available very soon (within the next couple weeks).

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Bull trout (dolly) fly fishing fun – Fish Porn

Winter is such a fun time to get out on the river and chase bull trout (dolly varden) and steelhead. With massive amounts of spawning, dead and dying salmon in the rivers anything resembling an egg will get slammed by the hyper aggressive and hungry bull trout, cutts, rainbows, and steelhead in the river. Our favorite way to fish this is stripping and swinging flies through likely looking holding spots – behind spawning salmon, little hiding holes, etc.

Strip, strip, strip, WHAM!

beautiful colors on late fall bull trout

bull trout snout fly fishing
Big bull trout fly fishing