GETTING STARTED IN FLY TYING In college, I lived in a small town with a lot of streams that I fished regularly and were often stocked with rainbow trout. I was a spin fisher who had little luck until a random meeting with some fly-fishermen who had traveled several hundred miles to fish there and absolutely slayed the trout that …
How to Cast a Fly Rod – It Is Easy Once You Know How
Fly fishing is different from the conventional methods of fishing in quite a few ways. The main difference arises from the fact that the lure that you use in this technique has little to no weight. On the other hand, when fishing using some other technique, your lure has weight and thus your casting style is different. Since the fly …
Timeless Advice for a New Fly Fisherman
Whether your favorite trout river is a crowded park with a horn signaling the start of the day, a tailwater fishery, or a remote mountain stream, there are some rules for catching fish that remain constant. Old fly fishermen have passed these key guidelines on to young fly fishermen for generations. Take time to study the river More fish are …
Tips for Fly Fishing
So it is probably warm outside and you want to blow off some steam, take some time off work to finally try out fly fishing. Or you have a bunch of friends who plan to find a nice quiet place outside of the city and hunt for fish in the rivers. But the cusp of the problem is that …