Category Archives: Fly Fishing Tips & Technique
The Wife And The Mistress
By Ethan Smith A lesson on accuracy and line speed in saltwater fly fishing via infidelity. Note: The following is a bit of "local wisdom" from a Belizean guide. It is intended for educational purposes only. It’s premise is largely chauvinistic, misogynistic, and generally in bad taste....
Quiet Fly Line Pickup, 2 ways: Video
By Louis Cahill Here are two ways to pick up your fly line and make a cast without spooking fish. Quiet line pickup is an important skill for fly anglers after any species, but it’s never more important than when bonefishing. Their spooky nature may be the...
The Magic Stonefly
ON OF THE BEST LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED FROM FISHING WITH KENT IS THIS. IF THERE IS A SECRET TO ANGLING SUCCESS, IT'S CONFIDENCE. A few years back I was on a photo shoot in Wyoming when the client wanted to stage a shot of an...
Leader Materials Revisited
By Louis Cahill So which is actually stiffer, monofilament or fluorocarbon? A while back I wrote an article on understanding leaders. While talking about the different materials used in fly leaders I mentioned that mono is stiffer than fluorocarbon and I got called out in the...
Small Stream Structure- Holes, Bends, Runs Etc.
By Jason Tucker In the public mind there is probably no feature that comes more readily to mind than the Ole Fishin’ Hole. A lot of non-fishers think that is what fishing is about- going to a big, well-known hole, soaking bait, waiting for the fish to...