Tag Archives: learn to fly fish
Saturday Shoutout / Other People’s Flies
JOSH MILLS IS FISHING OTHER PEOPLE'S FLIES, AND DOING PRETTY WELL. Millsfly, the online project of Washington based angler Josh Mills, is a site dedicated to steelhead, conservation and family. Josh does a pretty nice job of balancing these topics and shares a few good ideas...
The Nautilus Monster Fly Reel, Every Tarpon’s Worst Nightmare
IF TARPON HAVE NIGHTMARES, THE MONSTERS UNDER THEIR BEDS COME FROM NAUTILUS. Earlier this year, when I started going through my gear for tarpon season, something kept nagging me. In the back of my mind I knew that I needed a better reel. I'd been doing...
Sunday Classic / Chug a Coke, Save a Bleeding Fish
There's nothing worse than watching a big beautiful wild fish bleed out from a damaged gill. I found myself in just that situation with a big brown trout one day. Watching helplessly as the water turned red. Thank God Kent was with me. Thinking fast...
Saturday Shoutout / Bob White on Fly Dreamers
PAINTER, ANGLER, MENTOR, GUIDE There are not many names in the sporting world as recognizable as Bob White. And for good reason. For many of us, myself included, Bob defined the look and feel of the angling world. In my minds eye, him images often replace...
Tenkara – Gear to Get Started
By Daniel Galhardo Several years ago while visiting Japan I was introduced to the traditional method of fly-fishing called tenkara. Fascinated by the history and simplicity of tenkara, I decided to introduce tenkara to the United States and founded Tenkara USA. In my view tenkara can be...