Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Golden Dorado on the Fly Require a Mix of Skills
By Louis Cahill There's nothing cooler than catching a new species on the fly. I recently had my first encounter with the golden dorado, a species I have coveted for some time. I hosted a group at the Parana On The Fly lodge with Andes Drifters...
Getting your bugs in order
By Allen Gardner Are you confident in your fly selection, or are you just guessing? Most anglers open their fly box, look aimlessly at the hundreds (maybe more) of dollars of flies and make their fly selection based on their past experiences or whatever "looks good" in...
Fly Casting Made Simple
Here are three down and dirty fly casting tips that will fix 90% of your casting problems. It's difficult enough showing someone how to cast. Explaining it is even more challenging. Writing about it is another thing entirely. It's no wonder that most articles on fly...
Sacred Days
DAYS, LIKE MEN, ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL. IT'S THE PATHS THEY TAKE WHICH SEPARATE THEM. It's eighteen degrees as we get the skiff ready to launch. The first snow flakes are floating about. Delicate little flakes for now but the Weather Channel tells us they won't...
Assault on the Au Sable
By Jason Tucker Commercial fish farming threatens one of the world’s best dry fly streams. Is it too late to save it? Michigan is a dream destination for any fly fisher, with a volume and variety of water, species and opportunities that draw anglers from around the...