Tag Archives: fly fishing lessons
3 Tips for Catching Giant Bonefish
By Bruce Chard There's only one thing better than catching bonefish. Catching huge bonefish! It doesn't happen by accident, it's a cold-blooded calculation. Even if you have the perfect fly and can make the perfect presentation and even fight a perfect fight, you have to find that...
The Basics of Dubbing
By Bob Reece What the beginning tyer needs to know about dubbing. Creating beautiful, well proportioned flies is a skill which takes time and practice to master. One of the least intuitive steps in the process is working with dubbing. The thousands of dubbing choices on the...
The Legend of El Dorado
Golden trout of the Wind Range For as long as I have been aware of their existence, the golden trout of the Wind Range have loomed large in my imagination. For years, hell decades, I've dreamed of hiking into those mountains to catch one of the...
Be Prepared For Colorado’s Black Canyon
Colorado's Black Canyon doesn't play. My buddy John is getting even more fidgety than usual. He's whipped himself into a froth as I go over the pack-list. Sleeping bag, pad, headlamp, tecnu..." "Water?", he asked. "No, I told you, filter bottle." "Cliff Bars, peanut butter, whisky..."...
A Goodbye To Winter
By Johnny Spillane GOD DAMN ITS COLD. I have been standing in 38 degree water for almost 4 hours, the temperature is 15 degrees and the wind-chill is brutal. My fingers stopped working a while ago; the upper legs on my waders are frozen solid and...