Category Archives: *Recycle
3 Reasons Not To False Cast
Most fly anglers do too much false casting. False casting is almost a nervous habit for many fly fishers. It’s also a bad habit. Excessive false casting is not only unnecessary, it will cost you fish. Although I’m thinking specifically about saltwater fly fishing, the same...
Alice’s Angle, Catch of a Lifetime
By: Alice Tesar FLY FISHING IN ITS ESSENCE, IS A SOLO SPORT. EVEN FOR ANGLERS IN LOVE, IT’S A TRICKY ROUTE TO NAVIGATE. I’ve observed two types of romantic relationships in the all-consuming world of fly-fishing: relationships that allow one individual to obsess over fishing individually...
Bonefish Beginner
By Bob Reece After twenty five years of fly fishing for freshwater species, I recently threw my first casts into salt water. As is always the case, hindsight is 20/20. While I had plenty of success, there are several things that I wish I would have done...
Redbands, 9X9
By Dan Frasier “HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU.” MIKE, THE OWNER OF ORVIS NORTHWEST OUTFITTERS, SAID FLATLY AS HE HANDED ME HIS CELL. My guide. Colby, was on the phone and he had this idea. “Dude, I just had this thought that made me drop my...
Don’t Touch That Drag
By Louis Cahill There’s nothing quite like the feeling of getting spooled by a big fish. Deep inside we all kind of want to have that problem, but when it happens you may feel some unexpected panic. I remember a time on the Dean River when I...