Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Familiar Waters, New Predators
"The last thing I expected to see was this big male brown trout becoming food." By this time, in any normal year, I am done with trout fishing. Not that I don’t enjoy it but water temperatures here in the South reach near-lethal levels in the...
Make Better Roll Cast: Video
It isn’t flashy, but a good roll cast will catch you a lot of fish you might otherwise miss. Roll casting is an essential skill for any angler, especially those targeting trout. Many of the mountain streams where trout live have little room for a backcast....
The Patagonia Trout McNugget
By Louis Cahill Think trout flies should be small? Think again! Ok this is admittedly a bunch of silliness, but where else are you going to see a trout eat a chicken nugget? Yep, an actual chicken nugget. I don’t know if this compromises our journalistic integrity...
Blue Hole Fly-Fishing Setup: Video
Here’s a simple and incredibly effective setup for catching fish in the blue holes of the Bahamas. I’m not one of those purist who thinks it’s poor form to deviate from my target species. I like to have fun, and for me, catching different kinds of...
Women Are Here To Fish
By Justin Pickett I read a post on social media the other day that got me feeling all kinds of frustrated. I literally wanted to pull my hair out after reading the remarks of the ignoramus who decided to peck this stupidity from the safety of...