I was fishing a local river, above a friendly angler. We were swapping tips and helping out each other. He was swinging wet flies. Hooked three. All three broke off as he set the hook. The tippet snapped. Now, I’m not an expert, but I’ve been thinking about his situation. He was using a pretty
Brown Trout at Dawn
I woke up before dawn to fish. The roads were empty, and it was very peaceful to drive on the abandoned roads, in the semi-dark. I brought my trusty 3-wt. specialty rod for tightline nymphing. The goal was to land some bass. I had only a few hours. I decided today would be about The
The Utah Killer Bug
(TetonTenkara) I read online at TenkaraGuides.com how one angler’s favorite fly is this one: the Utah Killer Bug. So, I tied up a few and fished with them a few times. I used a video from Tim Cammisa, at the bottom of this post, as my guide. I fished it as a trailer fly, behind
Tippet Rings Rock
I last year started using tippet rings (Amazon.com link here). When a leader gets shorter and shorter throughout the day, you’re supposed to add tippet to it via blood knot. But, I’m not great at blood knots, and I’m particularly bad at them when I’m in a river. I’m too impatient. I instead use a