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LaFontaine’s Buzzball

March 22, 2022 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

Fly Fishing in Park City, Utah

A creative use of hackle, originally designed and tied to emulate the schucks of dead midges.

       

The Buzzball was created by legendary fly tier Gary Lafontaine to imitate midge clusters on the Missouri River. We have found it to be just as effective fly fishing here in the Park City area. It’s clearly a variation on the classic Griffith’s Gnat, but adds a second color and a different profile. Featuring just a hook, thread, and two hackle feathers, it’s a simple and proven pattern.

In this great video from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, he shows you his method for tying a size 20 version of the Buzzball. Tying these in smaller sizes is a productive choice, especially when fishing the Middle Provo River, early season. As usual, Tim focuses on the preparation of materials, so when you tie them in, everything is in it’s right place. After a little trimming, the Buzzball is ready to fish.

  Buzzball
          Hook: Straight-eye, wide-gap dry-fly hook, sizes 14-20.
          Thread: Black Veevus, 16/0.
          Hackle #1: Grizzly hackle.
          Hackle #2: Orange grizzly hackle.
          Tools: Sharp scissors, hackle pliers, whip-finisher

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How To | Fly Fishing In Park City

January 12, 2018 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

Roll Casting with Park City Fly Fishing Guides

No Snow | Learn To Roll Cast

Where’s all the snow Park City?

It has been a rough winter, with massive high pressure and little to no precipitation having been the story. However, we are hopeful for a mid season turn around. Keeping our fingers crossed for the moisture to come and keep our rivers in good shape come this spring and summer.

In the meantime, we wanted to share an edit from Rio Product’s “How To” series. We’ve shared a couple of these before and we appreciate their ability to focus and really breakdown specific skill sets in the Fly Fishing game.

This one, is for the beginner to intermediate angler that we fish with so much here in Park City.

So, if you are preparing to come out for a trip or here already take a minute to start developing your form with this useful and effective casting technique. It will help you to be a more effective angler on a greater percentage of water you cover. You’ll get better drifts, you’ll catch more fish and your friends will be impressed!

Thank you Rio!

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Orvis : Toe to Toe

October 10, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

Park City Fly Fishing in Utah

Enjoy, and don’t let anything stop you today or tomorrow!

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Feel Good Friday | #guideadvice

September 29, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

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The Expanding Consciousness of Knots

Tired or bored of the same old clinch knot?  Challenge yourself and learn the Pitzen Knot.

Be mindful, be precise and lubricate.

We love the sound it makes!

Tie good knots and you’ll land more fish! #guideadvice

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Visit Park City | Park City First Timers

July 31, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

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We want to thank Visit Park City for including us in their “First Timer Video Series“! We had a great time and we couldn’t be more grateful for the beautiful place in which we work and live. Big props and much love to Visit Park City for being such a supportive local organization. As a small local business we are lucky to have them as an engaged and thoughtful partner in our community. Special thanks to Greg, Ryan and Emma for their patience and help in making this happen!

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“The Best Fly Fishing Video Ever Made!”

July 26, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

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Holy Shit!!! Park City Fly Fishing Guides approved!!!

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“The Best Fly Fishing Video Ever Made!”

March 27, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

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Classic! Park City Fly Fishing Guides Approved! 👍🍅 💫💫💫💫💫.

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How to Double Haul

January 12, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

Learn to double haul with Park City Fly Fishing Guides

The snow here in Park City has us thinking of the beach. And, if you’re serious about the salt you must have game with the double haul.  Short of an expensive casting lesson this is the best instruction we’ve been able to track down.  Thank you Rio! for crafting such a great edit.  Many of us are going to be watching this over and over again.

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Wild Trout – A Montana Fish Story

January 5, 2017 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

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A RAD film to watch this morning! In the 1970’s, young Montana biologist Dick Vincent discovered that stocking hatchery-reared trout on top of wild trout populations in the Madison River actually suppressed trout fishing. Based on his research, the state of Montana prohibited stocking streams occupied by wild trout populations turning fisheries managers’ attention to restoring habitat quality after decades of pollution, damming, and drying up streams. The shift in focus to quality stream habitat changed the trajectory of Montana’s legendary trout fisheries from a steady decline to world class. Since Montana’s wild trout policy took hold, angler conservationists with Trout Unlimited and its partners have unleashed four decades of restoring streams and the quantity and quality of the cold, clean waters trout and anglers depend upon. Wild Trout: A Montana Fish Story chronicles Montana’s conversion to wild trout fisheries and the profound changes still evident in our beloved trout fisheries.

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YETI Presents – Kamchatka Steelhead Project

September 5, 2016 by Park City Fly Fishing Guides Leave a Comment

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This quality edit is brought to you by YETI coolers. We like it and give it full approval for your consumption.  The real deal.  No bullshit.  No bro, and no brah. Thank you Russia for protecting wild steelhead!

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