Category Archives: Trout Fishing
Soft-Hackle Hares Ear
Guiding has allowed me the opportunity to examine lots of my clients fly boxes over the years. Quite often I open a fly box and just find a bunch of bream poppers and traditional old school attractor wet flies. I know it sounds crazy but it's...
Is Pay-To-Play Fly Fishing Good For Anybody?
By Louis Cahill If you pay hundreds of dollars for the chance to catch a really big trout on someones private water, are you doing the right thing? Pay-to-play fishing is a hot button issue. It came up in conversation the other day so I thought I’d...
Flathead Mayfly Nymphs Rule
If you take the time to to flip over enough rocks in moderate moving water you're bound to find lots of Flathead Mayfly (Heptageniidae) clinger nymphs of various sizes. These three and two tailed flat bodied nymphs, with robust legs and broad heads are very...
Eleven Tips to Increase Your Sight Fishing Success
By Devin Olsen Last December I took a fly-fishing trip to the South Island of New Zealand. It’s a trip I’ve been wanting to make since I was 14 years old. New Zealand is certainly not a secret destination for untouched wilderness fishing anymore. The lure of...
Trust The Boo
I've fished bamboo rods my whole life and I've made my own for the last twelve years or so. I can't tell you how many times I've been asked if I was afraid to fight big fish on a bamboo rod. The answer is no. I've...