Like anything, it takes a while to learn fly fishing. You have to commit to learning a plethora of skills. Knots, fly selection, and casting come to mind. Then, later, reading water and casting angles. As you go further down The Rabbit Hole, you may eventually skip the bobber and begin focusing on dry flies.
Category: Flies and fly tying
Surviving Fly Tying Season with the Help of Podcasts
Although we are still in winter, the nights are getting a little bit shorter. The days are a little bit longer. This is encouraging, but we still have a long way to go before I will be thrashing thin blue-line brookies with spiders and other wets. Which means, for me, just like for many of
At the Vise: The March Brown Flymph
Well, with the Saturday morning forecast anticipating 11 °F, I’ve decided to pass on fishing. Instead, I’ve been making streamers for my trip to Arkansas’ White River for big browns (three recent streamers posted on our Instagram page here). I’ve also been looking at my fly boxes and replenishing. I know which flies have succeeded
Confidence Flies, 2020
Most flies are OK. Some work well. Some consistently produce, and they’re my Confidence Flies. My list of such flies does vary over the years; for example, I these days rarely throw a Pheasant’s Tail, Hare’s Ear, Frenchie, or Pat’s Legs. They don’t seem to work as well, and I suspect that is because many