If you want to catch more fish, think like an endurance athlete. A full day of fly fishing is a marathon, not a sprint. Mental exercises and techniques used by high-performing runners, rowers, cross country skiers, cyclists, and swimmers can be used by fly fishers too. Specifically, the two components of mental fitness that I
Category: Techniques
Borger’s Fly Fishing Book Series and the Strip Nymph
I haven’t been able to get out to much since December. It’s been making my casting arm all twitchy. Work, school, and other life obligations have had to take priority and I am sorry to expect many of you can identify with that. This year’s glacially slow turn in seasons, which has been Ice Ages
Turning the Corner
We are still in the grips of winter with cold snaps, shelf ice and sleepy fish. But after not fishing for a few weeks and being at home nearly all the time, I decided to think less about Saturday’s weather forecast and just go for it. It was fishin’ time! It was a lot
Get the Most Out of Your Mop
There’s no denying the effectiveness of the infamous Mop Fly. What other fly has been featured in the Wall Street Journal? “Fake news!” say the purists, and they’re right – literally. We love to theorize what the Mop might represent; crane fly larva, caddis larva, beetle grubs, cigarette butts, Cheetos, the list goes on. If
