With ice out and the rivers blown, I thought it would be a good time to sneak onto a local golf course. I did this last year (here), and I had a great time. I figured this was an ideal window. The course was not yet open, and access should be easy. Armed with my
Category: Ponds
The Pin Fry Fly: A Study in Biots
I think biots are a severely overlooked part of the fly-tying arsenal. I had the good fortune to spend two months in the far northlands of Scotland, with the ability to fish their burns and lochs. What does this have to do with biots? Well, one of the best flies I came across there was
Quick New Year’s Day Outing
The New Year morning arrived cold at our quiet house. I awoke my usual early hour, bought new fishing licenses and decided to head out. I wasn’t expecting to catch anything. But, I’ve not fished in a while and decided it would be fitting to start 2018 with a fly rod in-hand. So, I headed
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