Dave Hughes ties some very buggy-looking flies. I recently read his Wet Flies book and think it ranks up there as one of the best fly tying books I’ve read. Some of his flies incorporate pine squirrel fur, which is very lush and spiky at the same time. He uses the fur for the tail,
Category: Articles and books
My 2018 New Kit in Review: Divergent Streamer Rigs and the Life Aquatic Hats
I know BlogFlyFish does a gift guide, but I also wanted to throw down some opinions on great gear that I have started using this year so that we can keep the gift ideas rolling and the donations to this year’s non-profit beneficiaries (50/50 to Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters) increasing. THE STREAMER RIG
Best Fly Fishing Gifts (2018)
I’m happy to announce that the blog will generate a few hundred dollars of profit this year, and, as promised, we will donate 100% of it. We see this blog as a community project, not a business. Alex, Gary Metras and I were chatting while we fished a few days ago. We were thinking of
George Daniel’s New Book: Nymph Fishing
It is fantastic. Get it! George Daniel’s new book is simply called Nymph Fishing. But, in terms of content, it is anything but. It is full of great observations and suggestions. Meant to be an update to the seminal Dynamic Nymphing, the new book is chock full of entries on: The pros and cons of