If there is one area of fly fishing that confuses most people (myself included for years), it’s probably Spey fishing, or rather fishing with a two-handed fly rod. I was always impressed when I saw videos pop up on social media of salmon anglers in places like Norway, or steelhead anglers in British Columbia launching
Category: Rigs and leaders
Euronymphing Made Easy With the Barrel Swivel Sighter
I’ve found success Euronymphing using a three-foot section of sighter material with small barrel swivels on each end. I’ll quickly explain the rig here and my experience with it. While I’m certainly not the first to use barrel swivels while fly fishing, I haven’t found many other online posters using this method. The formula is
Tightlining
Tightline fishing, Euronymphing, contact nymphing. Call it what you will. Whatever name you give to this approach to catching fish, the straight up fact is that it is crazy effective! I’m sure the last thing you all need is another blogger on the internet writing about this topic. There are many resources available to gain
Striper Season
After a long winter spent at the vise tying saltwater flies, spring finally came once again, and my favorite yellow-eyed fish, the Striped Bass returned to the shores of Massachusetts. If there is one fish that the New England coast is known for, it’s stripers. They are the perfect fly rod fish. They are opportunistic
