Tag Archives: how to fly fish
Saturday Shoutout / Carpocalypse
By Dan Frasier ON THE 13TH OF JUNE 2015, ALSO KNOWN AS TODAY, COSTA, SCIENTIFIC ANGLER, CARPPRO AND THE ORVIS PORTLAND STORE HAVE TEAMED UP TO HOST A THE WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE CARP ON THE FLY TOURNAMENT. There is an obsession amongst carp on the fly anglers,...
Fly Casting Problems Are Sneaky
IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR FLY CAST IT'S PROBABLY HAPPENING BEHIND YOUR BACK. Do you know what your loop is doing when you're not looking? It could very well be mucking up your forward cast. Tailing loops, collapsing lines and fizzling forward casts can...
Fly Fishing, Always Have a Plan B
Just about every fisherman out there is probably familiar with the saying, "never leave fish to find fish". I live religiously by this common sense fishing advice. It's saved my butt many days on the water guiding, and keeps me from straying away from productive...
Ready Position Video
The ready position is the most fundamental skill in saltwater fly fishing. Saltwater fly fishing has been described as, "long periods of boredom punctuated by brief periods of panic." That can certainly be true. I personally never find it boring and with a good ready position...
Saturday Shoutout / This Land Was Your Land
Matthew Copeland is fired up, and you should be too. His piece, "This Land Was Your Land" on Stalking The Seam is the absolute best I've seen written on the subject of the impending public land grab. "I was born in Charlottesville, Virginia USA and with my...