Well, it’s been tough conditions for me out there. I visited a local freestone, more out of curiosity. It’s a mere trickle and the water was about 75 °F. No go. Our local and crowded tailwaters continue to be the best options. Bug hatches will be pretty sparse during the day, given the high temperatures
Dries or Die
I was fishing next to a very experienced angler. He fishes only dries. In fact, he doesn’t own any nymphs. He gave them all away some decades ago, to force himself to master dry-fly fishing. “A lifetime of learning,” he said. That got me thinking about things. I’ll always be into tightline nymphing, and so,
Tuna
Words cannot express how stunning this video is. Best one ever. Really.
Interview: Mark Longmire, Syndicate
Over the past year, there’s one fly rod company about which I keep hearing over and over: Syndicate. Competitive anglers are raving about their “tightline nymphing” fly rods for being incredible and priced below competitors’ products. So, I reached out to them and am grateful that co-founder Mark Longmire agreed to be interviewed. Mark has