Tag Archives: bonefish
10 Tips For Catching Big Bonefish
Catching a bonefish is always a challenge, but to catch a big bonefish, you have to do everything right. Bonefishing is a little like playing the guitar. It doesn’t take long to be good enough to have a lot of fun but it takes a...
Shutter Speed for Freezing Action
THINGS HAPPEN FAST IN FLY FISHING. Line whistles through the air, fish leap out of the water, guides swoop in with the net. It's fun to capture these moments of action with the camera but often we fail and end up with a shot that is...
Poonfroggin
It's already plenty warm by 6:00 AM. The hot pink band hugging the horizon and lighting up the water foreshadows the brain-baking heat that will be here any minute. It's going to be another brutally calm day in the Florida Keys. We're poling quietly down the...
A Powerful Fly Cast Is All In The Thumb
PICTURE YOURSELF GRASPING A BROOMSTICK AND DRIVING IN A TACK WITH YOUR THUMB. I get the opportunity to work with a lot of anglers who are making the transition from freshwater fly fishing to saltwater. Not surprisingly, most of them struggle with generating the casting power...
How To Get High Line Speed
Casting in the salt is demanding at times, to say the least. To help fight those strong winds that affect your distance and accuracy you have to add as much controlled power as you can to the cast. This is absolutely crucial. Having high line speed helps...