Tag Archives: fishing
Flats Fishing is not All Sunshine
I was in The Fish Hawk picking up a few things before heading to the Florida Keys for my first ever week of flats fishing. My friend Gary Mariman asked me where I was going. When I told him he gave me a piece of advice...
Merican Nymphing
By Johnny Spillane THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO INDICATOR NYMPHING. There are many different types of nymph fishing, Czech nymphing, French nymphing etc, but I’d like to think that what we do in Colorado and most of the west could be classified as ‘Merican Nymphing....
Is the Fly Fishing Industry Making Us Soft?
By Paul Puckett I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD OR RIGHT WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT I MEAN. Being in this industry for just over 20 years, I have seen a lot of changes. Changes in the people who fish, the way they fish...
Making the Bobber Better
IF YOU'RE GOING TO FISH A BOBBER, YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR BOBBER BETTER. I've written a little lately about my growing discontent towards bobber fishing. I'm going to say again, on the record, that there is a time and a place for a big gaudy bobber...
Weather Dictates When and How I Fish My Terrestrials
Every year, I'm asked by clients, when is the best time for them to come up and experience the terrestrial bite? For years, I kept a terrestrial fishing journal to help me better serve my clients. The journal documented the arrival times of specific terrestrials...