The FlyFish Fanatic

• Looks like the song "Raise a Little Hell" from Trooper has become the unofficial song of the 2010 Olympics, I hear it EVERYWHERE!!!!!! #

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I have been working some CRAZY hours at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in the last 2 weeks and have another 2 weeks to go. As soon as I am done working at the Olympics, I will start posting again.

In the mean time, go out, catch some fish and tie some flies!!!!!

Rick Passek “The FlyFish Fanatic”™

• A short Video I have done about the flies I have been Tying http://bit.ly/72iBAo #

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The 2010 Olympic winter Games will be in Vancouver, Canada (Where I live) in less than a month. I will be working as a Security Supervisor at the games and will be working 40-80 hour a week at the games so more than likely I will not be making many (If any) posts during that time.

If I have time, I will post a few times, but I just wanted to let my readers know that there will be a lack of posts during the Olympics and Paralimpics.

In the mean time, get out and do some fishing, there are a bunch of places and different spieces of fish that can be caught at this time of year including Citthroat Trout, Bull Trout (Char) and winter Steelhead.

Try some of these places;

-Steelhead, Try The Squamish River, The Stave River, The Vedder, the little Cambell.

-Bull Trout (Char), try the Vedder, The Squamish

-Cutthroat Trout, try the Harrison, The Little Cambell, many of the backwater sloughs of the Fraser River (Nickomen, Mariah, etc…)

I WILL be back with a vengeance after the Olympics are done. Stay tuned, after the Olympics as there will be some really GREAT additions to this blog including Weekly “Friday’s Fly” as well as at least one instructional video per month (Hopefully 4-6 per month) including videos on Tying, River and Lake tactics, Equipment maintenance, knots, etc…..

Have a great time fishing in the next few months.

Rick Passek “The Flyfish Fanatic”™

• Check out this guy http://www.youtube.com/user/DeStorm #

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Recipe;

-Hook, Size  (Mustad 34011)

-Thread, 3/0 Black

-Tail, Pink Marabou

-Body, Black Crosscut Rabbit Strip

-Collar, Pink Marabou

-Head, Dumbell Eyes

-Flash, Light Pink DNA or Crystal Flash

-Pink UV Dubbing behind the eyes

Tie in your thread, and tie on your Dumbell eyes with a figure eight tie in.

Tie in the Marabou tail and the pink Crystal flash, About the length of the hook

Tie in and palmer the Black Marabou, leave some space behind the eyes for more marabou

Tie in a Pink Marabou Feather by the tip

Palmer the hackle forward and tie in some Pink Crystal Flash

Dub a bit of Pink Flash Dubbing to hide the Black thread behind the eye.

Whip Finnish, and add some Head Cement or Zap a Gap.

This again is a GREAT winter Steelhead fly that I use in Faster water. This fly can also be tied without the eyes so that is can be used in slower waters.

Fun Tying

Rick Passek “The FlyFish Fanatic”™

Recipe;

-Hook, 34011 Size 4 (Mustad)

-Thread, 3/0 Black

-Tail, Golden Pheasant

-Body, Black UV Ice Dubbing

-Hackle, Black Cock Hackle

-Collar, Fire Red Schallapen

-Over Collar, Guiena Fowl (Red Large Dot)

Tie in your thread and form a small thread ball where you tie in the tail to help it sit more upright

Tie in your hackle, due the body with the UV Dubbing making sure to leave room at the head

Palmer your hackle up to where you stopped with the Dubbing.

Tie in your Schlappan and wrap it around to form a collar making sure to stroke back the fibers every turn

Tie in the Guina hackle, wrap 2-3 turn making sure to stroke back fibers every turn.

Whip Finnish the fly, add head cement and you are done. This is a Great Winter pattern for Steelhead, and I have caught quite a few Coho Salmon on this fly as well.

Fun Tying

Rick Passek “The FlyFish Fanatic”™