Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/138 Rich Strolis shares his story and how he has become known as one of the big streamer guys.  Rich breaks down how he designs flies and what he thinks about when coming up with new patterns. We hear which hooks Rich loves, how to determine what color to use for your patterns and why he gets fired up about the dumbing down of fly fishing. Show Notes with Rich Strolis 04:50 - Farmington River Anglers Association 06:00 - Thomas Aimes Hatch Guide to New England Streams. 10:20 - Mike Schmidt is a friend and mentor of Rich. 11:40 - Charlie Craven was on the podcast in episode 125 here. 12:38 - Montana Fly Company is associated with Rich's brand and the fly fishing books he's written. 14:30 - Dean Finnerty was on the podcast in episode 19 and was another police officer that I had on the show. 23:18 - Catching Shadows is one of Rich's big books on his fly patterns. 26:40 - The HeadBanger Sculpin is one of the goto flies as well as the shucked up emerger is a good dry fly for Ric