Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
The Atlanta Fly Fishing Show
By Justin Pickett THE ATLANTA EDITION OF THE FLY FISHING SHOW MADE ITS DEBUT AT THE INFINITE ENERGY CENTER ON FEBRUARY 3RD AND 4TH, AND WE WERE THERE TO WATCH IT GO DOWN. I’m a little behind, but there’s never really a bad time to talk fly...
Soft Presentation With Tim Rajeff
Tim Rajeff shows you two effective styles of soft presentation casts. Whether you’re offering a #20 spinner to a sipping trout or tossing a toad to a lunker tarpon, a soft presentation is key to success. Too many anglers struggle with making an accurate cast that...
Standing in the River Carrying a Torch
Standing in the River Carrying a Torch A different kind of love story. Men and fish parted ways a long time ago. You couldn't call it an amiable divorce. The fish got everything. The mountain streams, the lazy winding rivers, the deep blue sea, everything. Men had...
Go Barbless For Big Pike
By Jason Tucker “One sunny afternoon in Labrador.” I love saying that phrase. One sunny afternoon in Labrador, the dry fly bite for land-locked salmon and brook trout had trailed off to nothing and we were looking for a distraction. We decided to fish for pike. One...
Matt McCannel’s Neon Nightmare
By Bob Reece When connecting a person and a fish is the foundation of your job, the fly that you use matters. The pattern design as well as the hook that it’s founded upon must both deliver. As a Sage Ambassador, Simms Ambassador, head guide for...