Category Archives: Fly Fishing Tips & Technique
Sunday Classic / Elevate Yourself to Increase the Distance You Can High-Stick
Most of the time when your fly fishing for trout, the last thing you want to do is elevate yourself. In most scenarios, that will usually do more harm than good, by increasing the chances of trout spotting you and spooking. Notice I said "most...
5 Tips To Stop Breaking Off Bonefish
By Louis Cahill If you're breaking off bonefish, there's probably and easy fix. Someone asked me not long ago about losing bonefish due to tippet breaking. It happens to the best of us but there are only a couple of ways for it to happen and each...
Traditional Old-School Nymphs Catch Trout, Don’t Forget It
By Kent Klewein Are you fishing the hot new fly? Every year, I spend quite a bit of time scouring the interweb and flipping through numerous fly company catalogs, all in the effort to stay up to date with the latest new fly pattern creations. Many are...
Don’t Fly Fish With One Arm If you Have Two
BETTER HIGH-STICKING TECHNIQUE Now that I've got your attention, let's talk about how important it is when high-sticking a fly rod to always utilize both of your arms during your drift. Perfect line management while high-sticking, often boils down to managing inches of fly line and...
Sunday Classic / 2 Ways to Determine the Sex of a Trout
By Kent Klewein Is that trout male or female? One of the things I love most about being a part of Gink & Gasoline, is educating our readers. Today's post, talks about two ways to determine the sex of a trout. Over the years, I've found that...