3 Things I Learned By Not Catching A Permit

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I AM NOT A MASTER PERMIT FISHERMAN. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE THING I ENJOY ABOUT IT. I like the challenge and if you're looking for a challenge, permit have one for you. While I don't consider myself an expert on the subject, I am learning...



Tenkara, the new Bamboo

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A GUEST POST BY TIM HARRIS OF NORTHWEST-TENKARA.COM Fly fishing began in both the west and east with a long supple rod, a fixed line, a leader and a fly. This is how Dame Juliana Berners, Issac Walton and Japanese commercial fisherman fished. Time went by and...



The Bite Of The Venomous Brown Trout Or, Stopping Fishfinger

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WE THINK OF TROUT AS PURE. Perfect creatures born of virgin waters. Incapable of anything unclean. So, I wasn't especially concerned the other day when a nice twenty-one inch male brown, from the Delaware, bit the ever living shit out of me. I knew I was likely...



Fly Fishing the Trico Hatch & Spinner Fall

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The first major spinner fall that I ever witnessed and had the pleasure of fishing took place many years ago on the South Platte River in Colorado. I'll never forget the excitement I felt as I watched countless trico spinners floating downstream in the surface...



Falling in Love Again, With My Winston

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I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. I HAVE NO EXCUSE, BUT SOME HOW MY WINSTON B2X 6 WEIGHT SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THE TUBE. I have a lot of fly rods and I'm always getting new ones to try out, but there is still...