Up above, is a very cool video. I find that the older New Fly Fisher videos can be hit or miss, but, they seem more informative these days. This video is about tightlining for steelhead. They cover the rig in the early part of the video, and there’s a very nice fish landed towards the
Category: Techniques
‘Sight Nymphing’
I really like Noel’s recent post about being open-minded and taking on new challenges. One thing I’d encourage people to try is this: “sight nymph.” Fish one small fly with no split shot, putty, indicator or dry fly. It’s an approach that emphasizes many skills and focuses one’s attention on the best indicator on earth:
New Tightline Nymphing Video
I blogged yesterday about Devin Olsen, who is with Fly Fishing Team USA. Coincidentally, I just learned that he and Lance Egan, a true legend and also on the national team, have produced a new video on tightline nymphing. Trailer up top. Egan is one of the best anglers in the world and invented some
Noel Dawes: In Defense of the Mop Fly
Blog reader Noel Dawes has some great perspectives. So, after reading some of his comments, I asked him to write a guest post. Here it is. It is insanely insightful. I hope he writes more posts! ______________________________ Warning: I am about to go into some techniques that will make purists cringe. If that’s you,