Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
10 Successful Subsurface Trout Flies for the Dead of Winter
By Bob Reece As winter provides its deepest chills, most surface activity fades. Food items for trout become almost strictly subsurface and the size of those offerings in the drift typically decreases. There are currently a plethora of subsurface patterns available in the world of fly fishing...
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...
3 Tips for tying better fishing knots
Nothing else you do on the water matters if your knot doesn’t hold. You want to land that fish, right? Then you’d better pay attention to your knot tying. I don’t know of anything that feels worse than losing a nice fish over a weak knot....
The Tao of Permit
By Louis Cahill What does it take to be a good permit angler? At the park it was a beautiful day. Three days in a row I had taken my nine weight Helios 3, my snow saucer and my dog down the hill to the long promenade...
Making Single Turn Trim Bands the Painless Way
Have you ever seen a fly rod with elegant single turn trim wraps? It’s a subtle and beautiful look and not easy to do well. At least not the old fashioned way. I’ve done a lot of them and there is usually profanity and heartache. Matt...