Friday, April 25, 2014

Spey casting can be intimidating to many people but it is only another form of self expression in fly casting

Feeling the pull of a giant Chinook salmon on a spey rod is an exhilarating feeling. The take of a large fly on a swung spey cast will have you coming back for more.
Timothy Horner expressing a unique spey casting style with the 2014 6/7 Irideus spey rod. Its fun to watch him work the tree lined banks impossible to fly fish with standard fly rods. If you give him some casting room a true symphony of classic and home schooled spey casts unload on the local steelhead runs. If you ever plan to fly fish for steelhead the Irideus 6/7 spey rod has proved to be a model. Find them on the Irideus website. The finish work and components that make up the rod leave the price an honest true best in the fly fishing industry.

As the California Sacramento River Shad run starts we find spey casting for the poor man's Tarpon to be a bucket full of fun! Try fishing a sink tip from a floating Skagit shooting head with a short 3 foot leader.
This is a chrome King Salmon we thought was the steelhead of a lifetime. Hooking a trophy fish is one thing, now try to land it! Spey rods give you an advantage on trophy fish. You can work many angles during the battle you could never attempt with a single hand rod. It seems as far as steelheading goes on the Feather River the Irideus trophy steelhead pictures speak load and clear to the international fly fishing community! Check the history and documented  photo and video journey out. Give spey casting a try this year, do not be intimidated by all the technical hype. We keep the spey casting fly rod , reel and line game simple for our customers. Offering balanced fly fishing spey rods, reels and lines that make it easy for a beginner to get started easy.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Irideus Spring Steelhead flies are finding some little chrome fish on the local town runs.


As the cotton wood seeds begin to fall into the river the Irideus fly fishing flies for the Feather river turn into some of the best trout flies you will find. The steelhead are tuned into the natural selection and matching the hatch is very effective.
Irideus Rochette Custom Wired Leggy Stonefly fly fishing flies are a top choice trout and steelhead spring fly fishing fly pattern.
A Fat little Sacramento River rainbow trout that fought just as hard as any stelhead of the same size. These fish are picky and returning one back to the river is a true honor.
Irideus Timothy Horner Chico Upper park Orange Caddis serve as a multi bug offering. We will run these as a lead fly to a smaller nymph fly tied 18 inches behind this one. The flies are also run fro our Irideus Micro tippet Swivel rings sure to help you land more fish.



A close up mug shot of the face of the spring run steelhead we love. California spring run  steelhead may not tip the scales in size but will test your skills and fine tune your fly fishing game. Trout season is year round here but it opens in most of America this month. Build your collection of Irideus natural feeding steelhead flies for some very effective trout fly patterns. You will find a diverse selection of custom fly fishing flies that that are tested and true on the fly fishing waters in the Chico California area.

This nymph fly dropper rig is using the Irideus Micro Swivel Tippet ring to show a very effective way to fly fish nymph patterns for steelhead and trout.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Taking a break from steelheading to target the striped bass eating them with large Irideus fly fishing fly offerings

STRIPED BASS FLY FISHING IN THE CHICO CALIFORNIA AREA WITH IRIDEUS BAITFISH FLIES FOR STRIPERS

There is no doubt fly fishing different species  brings you to new holding water. If you search you will find a few new special places that a re little slices of perfection. This is Slice of Life Beach named appropriately.
Even at mid day the stripers seemed to love this beautiful Sacramento River hole. if you look close you can see a drop off on the edge. the gravel gets cleaned by the turning hole and it is polished to striped bass perfection. These fish will be very picky mid day and you can become frustrated when all your flies are turned down. But when the attack comes it comes will the  massive force of a predator game fish worthy of casting a fly to any day!
The first Shad of the season was painted with an Irideus touch. There are a few crazy things happening on the river with giant swimming lures so we brought the local anglers a little gift to brighten up the day. We are fly fisherman at heart but to tempt the 50-60 pound stripers with a ten inch lure, well hang on. These Morone swimbaits can be found on our website along with a great selection of trophy striper fly fishing fly patterns. Timothy should be out of the fly tying cave with the Spring Trout Series fly fishing flies and also some amazing striper fly fishing fly patterns. http://www.irideus.com
Some Irideus Baitfish fly patterns that turn on the spring fish look just like the new arrivals on the gravel bar.
Irideus Chico California Baitfish Minnow fly fishing flies are the down sizen fly of choice when the bite is dead slow. Big fish will take a small fly at times if you get it close enough to the lateral line of the fish.
This is a picture of a custom Irideus GreenWater fly fishing box made here in Chico California. The people that come to us for the custom fly boxes get some great fly box designs for specific fly fishing flies and fisheries.
The Irideus Courtwright and Sea Baitfish has taken trophy Brown Trout, Striped bass, False Albicore, Jacks, Snook, Steelhead, Salmon, Tiger Musky, Taimen and its a handful of joy tied by Timothy Horner all year long for us. The epoxy on the head is a nice touch on this irideus baitfish fly pattern.
WE STAND BEHIND THE BEAUTY AND SELF EXPRESSION OF SPEY CASTING. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO EFFORTLESSLY MOVE LARGE OR SMALL FLY FISHING FLIES EFFORTLESSLY TO LOCATIONS OF GREAT DISTANCE OR USED IN A HIGH STICK SITUATION. THEY CAN BE USED IN A BOAT, LAKE,RIVER,STREAM,TIDEWATER OR SALTWATER FLAT. THE IRIDEUS CUSTOM SPEY RODS AND EXCLUSIVE SPEY AND SKAGIT STYLE SHOOTING HEAD LINE SERIES NOT ONLY COMPLIMENT OUR RODS BUT ANY INDUSTRY ROD BUILT TO MODEL THEM. LOOK CLOSE AT THE FINISH WORK AND COATINGS. THESE ARE HIGH END RODS WITHOUT THE HYPE. THE PRICE IS SET RIGHT BUT WE TRY TO AUCTION A ROD OFF WHEN WE CAN TO PROMOTE THE SPORT. wE ARE A SMALL COMPANY BUT THE PASSION WE SHED ON THE SPORT BRINGS MANY INTO IT WITH A BIG IRIDEUS HAPPY FACE. THE TROUT OPENER IS COMING CLOSE FOR THE UNITED STATES AND WE ARE PLANNING SOME SPECIAL THINGS. IF YOUR A DIE HARD TROUT FLY FISHERMAN YOU WILL WANT TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON US AS THE SEAsON UNFOLDS. MAY THIS YEAR BE A YEAR TO REMEMBER FOR ALL THE FLY FISHERS OF THE WORLD. MAKE YOUR DREAM REAL AND CATCH THAT FISH OF A LIFE TIME!