Category Archives: The Hot Ticket
Small Wonder, Middle Georgia’s Shoal Bass
By Justin Pickett THE SETTING SUN IS WARM AT MY BACK AS I STAND AT THE REAR OF MY JEEP. I slip on my guard socks and wrench down on my boots until I’m happy with the fit. No need for waders today. The deep south humidity...
What Cataracts Have Taught Me About Seeing Fish
There’s more to spotting fish than having good eyes, so don't assume you can't see them. I’m used to being told I have good eyes. Among anglers, that means the ability to spot fish. In truth, I have never had good eyes. I’ve worn glasses my...
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...
Time To Un-Match The Hatch
By Johnny Spillane Now that is a hatch! Every year around mid April we start to see Blue Wing Olives on the Green River below Flaming Gorge. Most years the hatch is amazing, some years it is truly epic. This was one of those years. The best...