Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Beefcake Hopper
By Bob Reece I look forward all year to the warm summer and fall days that allow me to fish hopper dropper rigs. I fill one fly box each winter to meet this need. One half is filled with my Fusion and Clearwater Crawler...
Twelve O’clock, Forty Feet
By Jason Tucker I STAND IN WHITE-SNOW SAND AND WATER, THE SUN SHINING WEAKLY DOWN FROM A BLUE SKY MUTED BY HAZE HIGH IN ANOTHER ATMOSPHERE REMOVED FROM THE ONE I BREATHE, SCANNING BELOW ME AN ATMOSPHERE LIKEWISE FOREIGN, SEARCHING FOR SHADOWS WHICH THEMSELVES SEARCH FOR THE SCUTTLING,...
Quiet Fly Line Pickup, 2 ways: Video
By Louis Cahill Here are two ways to pick up your fly line and make a cast without spooking fish. Quiet line pickup is an important skill for fly anglers after any species, but it’s never more important than when bonefishing. Their spooky nature may be the...
The Two-Rod Bonefish Solution
By Louis Cahill Saltwater fly-fishing is condition dependent, and conditions often change without warning. That’s why I carry two fly rods. Your strategy for presenting a fly to bonefish can change radically depending on conditions. Bonefishing is always challenging, but not always for the same reasons. That’s...
Black and White Bahamas
The Bahamas are beautiful, even without the stunning colors. One of the things I love the most about fly fishing in the Bahamas are the stunning colors of the flats. I never grow tired of scanning that beautiful horizon. Still, over the years I have taken...