So now everyone is getting excited, checking their gear, cleaning their lines if they didn’t do it when they put their reels away, calling their friends and asking, “So, where are we going for the opening day?” Because opening day is a bit like a party, a chance to catch up with the buddies, show off your gear and new flies, give your opinion on everything—in short, it’s a celebration! But we all know that mid-March is still too early, that the waters are high even if the trout want to fill their bellies after mating all winter, so we’ll have to be a little patient, unless we fish with San Juan Worms… the thing that looks like an earthworm and users pretend it’s a fly… So, to help you wait a little longer and stretch your fingers, here are a few flies you need to have in your box for the day when you “finally” get to the water’s edge!
We try to offer you what we consider to be the best fly tiers we know. Of course, there are others out there—just do a search online and you’ll be spoiled for choice… We know Jean-Paul Dessaigne and Marc Petitjean, they are friends and their flies are in our boxes, so you can tye them with confidence!
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