Saturday Shoutout / Jazz and Fly Fishing

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POPULATION OF NORDIC COUNTRIES 25,651,443 8 MILLION GO FISHING EVERY YEAR 100,000 FLY FISH About 10,00 of them don't hate jazz. Of that 10,000 only 8 are both professional jazz musicians and fly fishers. This is the story of 4 of them. That's the opening of Jazz and Fly...

Winston’s B3-LS 2 Weight, A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing

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THIS LITTLE GREEN WISP OF A ROD IS SO MUCH MORE THAN I EXPECTED. For some time I've been asking myself, "Do I really need a 2 weight?" At some point this year the question became mute. I wanted a 2 weight and that was enough....

Tenkara and the Single Fly Approach

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ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING ASPECTS OF TENKARA FISHING IS THE CONCEPT OF USING ONLY A SINGLE FLY. For folks considering tenkara, this concept is likely THE most difficult to embrace- especially if they have a western fly fishing background. However, I like to say it...

Saturday Shoutout / Wisdom of Midcurrent

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MIDCURRENT IS ON IT. Midcurrent swings so much knowledge, it's hard to keep up with it all. If you're not a regular reader, you should be. It's an almost un paralleled resource for fly anglers. Here are three recent posts that are definitely worth a read. Night...

The Tellico Nymph

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THE TELLICO NYMPH IS A SOUTHERN CLASSIC. Named after the storied North Carolina river where it was proven fool big browns, the Tellico Nymph is a southern as moonshine and just as effective. It's a simple impressionistic fly that works in any size, although #10 is...