Category Archives: *Recycle
Line Marking Shorthand
I'M TOLD THAT LEFTY KREH CAME UP WITH THIS, BUT I LEARNED IT FROM MY FRIEND RICK WHORWOOD. It's a great idea, who ever thought of it. As fly lines get unspooled and respooled it easy to lose track of exactly which line is which. This...
Keep Your Hands on the Cork
Like so many others out there, I've broken my fair share of fly rods over the years. I've slammed them in tailgates, stuck them in ceiling fans and I've squashed quite a few trying to get in and out of my cataraft to quickly. It took...
Has Distance Casting Hijacked Rod Design?
EVERY TIME I VISIT A FLY FISHING TRADE SHOW AND WALK BY ONE OF THOSE 100' CASTING PONDS FILLED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ANGLERS ALL TRYING THEIR BEST TO LAND THEIR FLY ON THE FAR END OF THE CASTING POND, I ASK MYSELF, "IS THAT...
Don’t Gink it, Sink It
Ever been on a trout stream during a blanket hatch and no matter how many times you drift your floating imitation over the rising fish, it's ignored? I've experienced this frustrating situation many times on the water. When this happened in the past, I used to...
Rookie Mistakes Cost Fish
It's such a simple thing to check your fly. It's 6:45 in the back country of the Florida keys. It's mid summer and the water is like glass. I can feel the sweat running down my neck and legs. I'm trying to be as quiet as...