Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
The Other Water Haul
By Louis Cahill Here’s an unusual, and highly effective, way to use the water haul cast. Most anglers are familiar with the water haul. If you are not, check out the video and links I have shared below. The basic idea is that you use the surface...
Working With Stretch Tubing
By Bob Reece I love flies that have both transparency and durability. Incorporating stretch tubing into the construction of a pattern adds both of these elements. In addition to this, manipulating the material and those that it’s paired with, can help produce more effective flies. Stretch tubing...
Taming Your Buck Fever
You’ve stumbled upon a sexy piece of water to find a big ‘ol trout feeding in the tail of the run. It’s one of the biggest trout you have ever seen. The one that sends chills down your spine. Without a second’s hesitation you rip line...
Fly Fishing The Yucatan
By Rod Hamilton Standing beside our overheated car, an hour north of Cancun, my three-week fishing adventure to the Yucatan was off to a rocky start. Weeks of preparation and planning had gone into this trip and with military precision three of us were going to explore...
Get the Most Out Of Your Fly Reel
Odds are, you paid good money for that fly reel, don’t let it go to waste. One of the most common fish-fighting mistakes anglers make is not making good use of the reel. I see this most commonly in anglers who are making the transition from...