TL;DR: A good streamer for the Swift and Westfield rivers. When I was new to fly tying, I made a white marabou streamer for situations when I wanted to see the take. It miraculously worked (N.B.: many, many of my flies have been duds!), and I wrote a post about it. The JT Special has
Author: Jo Tango
A Golf Course Pond Fishing Escapade
It was a morning for living dangerously, at least, for a middle-aged guy. There’s a golf course pond in our town. It is tantalizingly close to the parking area, and I’ve heard from someone on “the inside” that bass are there. I’ve been thinking of fishing it for decades. With Real Life keeping me from
Best Fly Fishing Books
TL;DR: The best fly fishing books for me. Ones that really help even to today. The more open-minded I’ve been, the more fish I’ve caught. Maybe it’s karma, but arrogance kills knowledge-seeking. So, I read a great deal and follow dozens of fly fishing blogs and read many books. Many fly fishing books are duds,
Walden Pond and Smallmouth Bass
TL;DR: Walden Pond. Smallmouth bass. Easy pickings. With family and work schedules pretty chock full, there won’t be any trout fishing for me in the coming few weeks. Of course, I think about fishing pretty often. It’s a sickness, an obsession or both. So, I started to think about local waters near my house