Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
The Hydropsyche With Peacock Quills
By Herman deGala Here’s some advanced technique for tying flies with peacock quills. Fly tying has always been the art of linking a series of techniques to achieve an overall design. Innovative techniques are often a result of problem solving. I have always enjoyed the look of...
Thank You God for the Terrestrial Season
bout this time every year, when I'm starting to get run down from guiding, the terrestrial season arrives, and I'm blessed with a second wind. I'm always astonished at how the presence of terrestrials can make my familiar trout waters seem so fresh and new...
Quality Flies
By Brian Kozminski —SlluurpAH-- "Set the Hook!"-exerts the guide. "Ewp~ #$^@%!! Damn, I missed again!" casually disclaimers client. "That's the third trout you've missed today." arm chair QB fishing buddy retorts from stern of the drift boat. "Lemme check that fly, I know it's your favorite 'Lucky' Adams, ...
One Fly, One Cast, One Tarpon
The bow of the skiff rises and falls under my feet as my eyes scan the vast expanse of blue and green. We call this riding the bull. Balancing on a casting platform as the boat bobs and shifts in the surf. Out on the ocean...
Are You Actually Presenting The Fly?
There is nothing more important, in fly fishing, than presentation. How’s yours? The word presentation has been woven into the fabric of fly fishing lingo since the first fly fluttered to the surface of the water. We use it so often, and without thinking, that it’s...