Tag Archives: Bruce Chard
Bruce Chard Ties The Gnarly Bandit
SIMPLE IS OFTEN BEST. Our good friend Captain Bruce Chard is back today to prove it. Fishing guides need effective flies that will put their clients on fish but don't take hours to tie. Bruce calls these kind of flies,"guide flies." These flies have all of...
Fly Fishing: Respect Thy Tarpon Guide
I respect tarpon guides a great deal. As a trout guide, I run into many of the same struggles they do on the water, but tarpon guides have to deal with managing them at the extreme level. They spend their days on the water guiding...
Snap Your Wrist For Line Speed
Today Bruce is going to get a little closer to that fly rod and talk about the roll your wrist plays in fly casting. Watch closely. Bruce has great mussel memory from thousands of hours of casting. Watch the subtlety of his wrist movement. The snap...
Wade to Win
WADE TO WIN, BY BRUCE CHARD Wading is an exciting way to experience saltwater flats fishing for species like bonefish and permit. It offers the angler a more personal, mano y mano, experience with his quarry. There are a few skills you'll need to master for...
Cuda Up in My Grill
JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS I'M SUPER PROUD OF MY NEW SLIM AND TRIM STATUS. Louis has been on me a while now to drop some serious LB's. I've really been stacking them on from my wife's fantastic cooking. He says there's a reason he doesn't take...