LOOP ARMY

LOOP USA 2013 Mouse Tying Contest

Scott Tilford — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:59:25 +0000

Think you’ve got some mad mouse tying skills!? Here’s your chance to win a Loop Booster / Multi 6/9 Reel combo! Hop on over to LOOP USA for the details on how to enter!

Yes that’s right! Just what you’ve been waiting for! The LOOP USA 2013 Mouse Tying Contest!!! Don’t miss your Chance to win your very own LOOP BOOSTER Rod Complete with Multi 6/9 Reel! Check out the entry form for all the rules. Entries must be received by May 15th.

LOOP USA

Scott Tilford — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:52:09 +0000

LOOPFLYFISHINGFRENZY

Eudaimonia

Brian Griffith — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:47:05 +0000

Excellent new short from the Flats Pirate crew. Nice work fellas, looks like a fine place to go fishing. I think the Loop Army Idaho crew needs to plan a trip to Florida!

Clearwater Spey Clave

Scott Tilford — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:18:05 +0000

Loop USA is bringing the Loop Army to hang out at this years Clearwater Spey Clave hosted by Red Shed Fly Shop. If you are able to make it we would love to see you there. Check out the new Loop rods and enjoy a great time with the Army. Rumor has it Shane is bringing the dog tag machine with him. No Loop Army soldier is complete without his set of dog tags! Sept 29, 2012 on the Clearwater. Directions and info available at redshedflyshop.com.

YOU are the Loop Army!

Scott Tilford — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:55:39 +0000

Time to share a few of the awesome photos shared on the Loop Army Facebook page. The Army has been busy around the world as always. Be sure to visit the page and join up! The LOOP USA page is also up on Facebook. Please give it a like also!

This just screams Whoa!!! Hog Brownie shared by Maxwell Dean Robinson landed this pig on his Opti Creek 388-4 dryfly combo. Just sick!

Some custom work on a LOOP Classic. Sir… You’re doing it right.

Tim Pask shows us what 5000 yards of backing looks like. Locked and loaded!

And remember kids…

Loop Army Brown Assault

Scott Tilford — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:03:56 +0000

Bringing the new LOOP Cross S1 rods out for a run

Spring and early Summer were lacking in big trips this year for the North Idaho crew. Mainly due to the fact that most of the guys had been busy or away working. Brandan finished school and headed up to work in N.Dak while Brian was down in the dirty south for five weeks at a time. The remaining few that held over here in North Idaho picked away at the short windows we had on the Coeur d’ Alene river if the water levels allowed it. So when the word was out a few of the guys had time off in June, we rallied the forces for a full frontal assault on the River of Souls LOOP Army style.

This was it… three straight day of fishing with warm weather and a promise of crazy hatches gave me the hope I needed after my last experience on this river (we won’t talk about that). The plan was to leave at around 3am the first morning but a fast moving cold front with some hard core thunderstorms had us keeping a close eye on the forecast. And yep, just as forecast the first day was a bit rough on the wind and rain side of things. This actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise as not more than five minutes after setting up camp we were ripping lips. No hatches to be seen up top but the fish were hungry and the choppy water and cloud cover were probably getting the bugs stirred up.

Match the Caddis attempt number 999

The second day was filled with an absolutely epic Caddis hatch which had Brian Griffith so frustrated I had to keep the camera rolling just in hopes I’d have some crazy John Macenro style freak out on film.

Picking the right pattern pays off during a Caddis hatch

He’d switch fly after fly only to finally get it right, land a fish and then watch as every cast after that was rejected. Another few fly changes and he’d be hooked up, only to find himself digging through the fly box again. It was really impressive to watch this guy take the patience to cast to specific fish until everything came together perfectly. Especially when most of us were staying on the lazy side and nymphing.

Aside from a few stubborn fish it was an awesome trip. I don’t think there was one style of fishing that didn’t work. Dry flies, streamers and nymphs were all great ways way to land a trout on any stretch of the river. Also lost the biggest brown of my life the second day there. Losing that fish was enough to make a grown man want to cry… all the more reason for another visit later this year.

Fly Fishing The Ozarks (with epic casting kid)

Scott Tilford — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:10:02 +0000

As a dad who enjoys seeing his own kid on the water I couldn’t help but love this video created by Brian Wise of River of Life Farm. Combine the great editing and camera work with the amazing casting skills of the little guy in this video and you’ve got fly fishing gold. Worth watching for sure! Be sure to check out his channel for some awesome tying vids too.

Join Brian Wise, head guide at River of Life Farm on the North Fork of the White River, his kids, family, friends, clients, and generally awesome people he fishes with as they fish Winter, 2012.

www.flyfishingtheozarks.com
www.riveroflifefarm.com

Fly Tying: Basic Bunny Streamer

Scott Tilford — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:25:00 +0000

Snowy Winter Days

Brandan Eachon — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:25:19 +0000

These are the days when you are stuck inside laid up on crutches while its puking snow outside and all you can think about is that big brown gulping down your flies on the river, but know that you can’t go out. You know we all have had these day (except for maybe the crutches part); At the same time you are thinking that you could be on the river with that chance to catch some trout and be all alone on the river. Instead you sit there just thinking about that next nice day where you are able to go out and fish again, and might think to yourself “Might as well fill the fly boxes.” I know this is what I am thinking instead, “I’ll probably be snaggin’ up and breaking another half dozen flies when I go out next, so I’ll attempt to fill my boxes again.”

So you sit inside snowed in with a hot pot of coffee on with your favorite fly fishing movie going and a bare hook in the vise. I decided while I am laid up with a busted femur, I might as well get my fly boxes stocked up for when I am better and can go out to the river again. It is almost worse for me when I am watching a trout bum movie and see them reeling in some pigs knowing that I can’t just grab my rod and walk out the door to the river. Oh well though, it all works out…

I figured I would share with you what I have been doing for the past couple months. We all know that when you start tying and you have a couple buddies come over you will end up tying a dozen for one buddy and then you have to tie for the rest of them. “Oh Brandan, while you are laid up, do you mind tying me up a few?” So of course I do, in return they buy you some material and maybe a couple six packs of Big Sky Brewery’s “Moose Drool.” I mean how could you say “no” to that?

Jurassic Lake, Argentina – The Greatest Wild Rainbow Trout Fisheries In The World

Brian Griffith — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:35:13 +0000

Latest video from Loop Media. All I can say is….Damn! I wanna go!