A major part of every fly fishing show is the casting demonstrations by a variety of well-known angling instructors. There are opportunities to learn a new wrinkle in a rod grip, a particular casting tactic, a different way to mend line, and much, much more. Take time at the shows to watch the casting demonstrations, […]
This story is from last week’s Alaska trip and will appear in our forthcoming book, Long Flies. The week was cold, rainy and very windy. We had one afternoon of sun, and that happened to be the day the chums were on the shallow bars.It was fishing extraordinaire, as the story tells. Alaska’s Alagnak […]
The Reach Mend is the most important mend because it will solve at leas 80% of the fly fisher’s drag problems, and because it is the basic mend from which all the others spring. Learn this mend today and use it all the time. See the page on the Reach Mend.
The shoulder is the fulcrum of the cast, not the elbow and not the wrist, although they are involved. That is to say that the arm swings at the shoulder during the casting stroke. And that is precisely what it does. The casting stroke is exactly like a simple arm swinging motion. In fact, if […]
Of all the line pickups (did you catch that) (yes, puns intended) the “C” Pickup is perhaps my most favorite. It allows the angler to clean the line smoothly off the surface and dry a fly if needed, without the need for a false cast. Here’s a description of the “C” Pickup from our forthcoming […]
I will be at the Denver Fly Fishing Show at the Merchandise Mart this weekend offering programs each day and a fly casting class on Saturday morning. It’s a great show, and a fun time for everyone. For more information, see Denver Show. On Friday, I will give a fly tying demo at 11:30 am. […]
The first draft of Volume 1, “Fishing the Film” in our book series entitled Fly Fishing has been submitted to the editor for his comments. Fishing the film deals with all aspects of this feeding zone, both above and below, as well as in, the surface film. Fishing the film is not always what it […]
I’m sorry I’ve been away from my Blog for a few days. I’ve been putting the finishing touches on a new book entitled “Fishing the Film.” It is Volume 1 in a book series entitled “Fly Fishing.” The books in the series will be written by Jason and myself. Jason is also the series editor […]
The big brown that I took on my last outing to the Sheboygan gobbled a Purple Hot Head Leech. This has been a great fly for me for kings, cohos, browns, and steelhead. It’s a Collared Leech (see 10/28/09 post on tying the Collared Leech) tied with dark purple FoxxFurr and a fiery, 505 Orange […]
I’m in my office duplicating the DVD, “15 Most Common Casting Errors” for the Federation of Fly Fishers and tying Collared Leeches for a possible run at the fall browns and rainbows next week. If you haven’t seen this DVD, then you need to get a copy from the Federation of Fly Fishers. This video […]