All posts by Brenton Kuhn

Favorite Patterns, Fly Tying, Midge, Trout Fishing, Utah

Midge magic with the “Bob”

March 18, 2013 Brenton Kuhn

In the early spring, little bugs are king in the diet of trout in Utah. When you fish a river as heavily fished as the Provo it pays to be different from the crowds. Not only do you catch more fish than the masses, you also catch more fish. I’ve mainly been nymphing small midge patterns, beatis patterns, and other bugs in the 18 through 24 range even while fish are rising all around, but sometimes it’s fun to join the masses and be a dry fly enthusiast. However, I still like catching and not aimlessly waiving a stick in the air, untying knots, and looking through my fly box pretending to “match the hatch”, looking for a mother shucker even though I have no idea what that fly is supposed to represent.

This fly is super easy to tie, you might already have the materials to make it, and fish will take this fly down when they are eating off the surface or when they are tailing and eating in the film. What you will need to mimic this fly is;

I've been using this thread lately, because I think it is stronger, but you can use any gray 8/0 thread — I’ve been using this thread lately, because I think it is stronger, but you can use any gray 8/0 thread

Super Hair in black and white. This is a lot easier to work with then making an actual biot body

Foam to make the fly sit perpendicular to the water

For the thorax. Any dubbing you have will work, I am just a fan of extra flash

I just bought a uv lamp so I'm stoked on it, but you don't have to add this to the fly. It will work just fine without this addition — I just bought a uv lamp so I’m stoked on it, but you don’t have to add this to the fly. It will work just fine without this addition

Now comes the actual tying.

Wrap in a strand of black and white super hair

Wrap the white strand around first, then trim

You can skip these steps if you don't have a UV lamp — You can skip these steps if you don’t have a UV lamp

If you do, coat the fly with a little bit of the goo

Pull foam over thorax, whip finish, and enjoy catching those picky eaters.

Backcountry, Snowboarding, Trout Fishing, Utah

Exploring the Wasatch

March 18, 2013 Brenton Kuhn

The Salt Lake Valley pictured from Big Cottonwood Canyon

As I return home from my first couple of days fishing since early December, I begin to reflect on the months gone by. The Wasatch front was hit hard with some early season storms this year and a few others kept the powder pretty good in the backcountry. The following pictures document some of our journeys in search of that untouched snow.

Chris LeMatty testing to see if it really is "the greatest snow on Earth" — Chris LeMatty testing to see if it really is “the greatest snow on earth”

Feelin' that tug again — Feelin’ that tug against

Depending on the weather, there will be more fishing or boarding to come. Hopefully, bit it of both.

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Summer 2012

October 3, 2012 Brenton Kuhn

As the leaves start to turn and summer begins to give way to autumn, one begins to reflect on the months gone by.

Lots of fishing, catching, driving, contemplating, memories, and twisting up bugs. One of my favorite memories of fishing this summer was fishing a small stream in which the fish were so ravenous that one ate my fly and broke off at my knot. I retied on the same fly and casted a few times. During those casts I managed to catch the same fish on the same pattern, recovering the one I had lost. Crazy if you ask me.