WANT TO FISH IN PEACE - GO BACKPACKING
Backpacking and fly fishing go together like peanut butter and jelly. They both benefit from one another when combined. For backpacking, fly fishing provides a source of fun, a great way to pass the time while at camp, and a great way to put food in your belly.
What's My Favorite Fish to Catch You Ask?
Do you have a favorite fish you fish for? I'm asked this often. Like my answer to "Where's my favorite place to fish or be outdoors," my answer is basically the same - all of them. I fish for crappie, blue gill and walleye to eat. I fish for large mouth, small mouth bass, northern pike and muskie for the hunt and fight. I fish for trout mostly just to get out where they live.
Six Summer Tips for Fly Fishing Small Stream Trout
Catch more fish on small streams and rivers with these six tips to find success in the middle of summer.
Fly Fishing in a Pandemic
The world is changing all around us. March Madness was cancelled. The NBA season was suspended. So was the remainder of spring training and the beginning of the Major League Baseball season. Schools are closed.
Great Trout Flies You Can Tie Using Fur and Feathers
A friend and fishing mentor in Utica, New York, used to say that if he saw a deer, rabbit, or fox while on his way to the stream, he would use a fly that had some of that animal in it. A rabbit, for example, might inspire him to fish a Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear. He called it omenology.
How to Catch Trout in Eddies
Pools can be as small as a bathtub in streams, and as big as a small lake in large rivers. But they all share similar characteristics. The three prime fish-holding areas in pools are the head of the pool where water enters, the tail of the pool where water begins to speed up as it enters the pool exit, and the main current flows in the body of the pool.
Top Five Fly-Casting Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Fly-casting is not easy. Like any skill worth knowing, casting expertise takes a long time to develop—in some cases years. The good news is that anglers pretty much make the same mistakes, and that means your casting flaws have probably already been tackled by someone before.
Your Dry Fly Fishing Game - The Most Difficult Aspect of Fly Fishing.
Dry fly fishing is all at once the foundation, Holy Grail, and most difficult aspect of fly fishing.