Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
The Teardrop Cast
By Louis Cahill The Teardrop cast is a soft presentation fly cast that’s handy for targeting spooky fish. I learned this cast from a guide in the Bahamas. It was a day I’ll never forget. It was a dark, cloudy day but there was no wind. We...
Tenkara and the Sasaki Kebari
By Mark Roberts I’d like to share just a little my insight about the Sasaki Kebari as I have learned to use it in Tenkara. I have been a Single Hand Spey, and Switch fly fisherman for many years and added Tenkara about five years ago for...
Leader Materials Revisited
By Louis Cahill So which is actually stiffer, monofilament or fluorocarbon? A while back I wrote an article on understanding leaders. While talking about the different materials used in fly leaders I mentioned that mono is stiffer than fluorocarbon and I got called out in the...
We be Grubbin’
By Chris Dore Things are hotting up in Southern NZ and to many Southern locals, this means Willow Grubbing time! Willow grubs are the larvae of the Saw Fly (Pontania Proxima) , and pupate within those angry red blisters found on the leaves of willow trees. As...
Keep On Stripping!
By Justin Pickett One of the things that I’ve learned over the years, and something that I stress to my clients, is to always, Always, ALWAYS finish your retrieve when stripping streamers. I can’t begin to count the amount of times I’ve had a trout slam a...