Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Keep Your Flies Below Your Eyes
By Justin Pickett The dense canopies of the southeastern streams that I grew up on have groomed my casting stroke over the years. Favoring function over style, I adopted a low, sidearm casting stroke that has served me well over the years. For my clients that haven’t...
The Incredible Ethical Egg
By Herman DeGala When I started fly fishing years ago, I was told that fishing egg patterns was indicative of questionable angling ethics. What I discovered was that it was not so much the flies themselves, but how they were used. I don’t fish to spawning...
Shea Gunkel’s Shot Glass Baetis
By Bob Reece Baetis Mayflies are an integral piece of the food web in many trout inhabited watersheds around the world. While their physical size is minimal, their population numbers can be immense. These significant numbers frequently draw the attention of feeding trout. These...
DIY Emergency Boat Anchor: Video
Have you ever lost your boat anchor during a day on the river? If you haven’t, you probably will. Or at least you’ll forget to bring it one day. It can make for a pretty frustrating day of fishing but it doesn’t have to be. There’s...
DIY Bahamas Bonefish, with the Family
PERHAPS THE MOST TECHNICAL FEAT IN FLY FISHING IS COMBINING A FISHING TRIP WITH A FAMILY VACATION. Leaving the wife or girlfriend behind, with or without a number of restless kids, while you slip away for a little fishing almost always ends in, what my brother...