There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...
Fly fishing has consumed me and given me a life. Even as a hobby, it was something I could get lost in. It challenged me creatively, physically, skillfully, and mentally. It is art, athletics, sport, ...
It's the off-season for most of us in the United States, but that doesn't mean your fly fishing progress should shut down until the Spring. Think of it like sports: you are the athlete, and you can ...
Snowdown brought out some of our local competitors to test their fly casting skills in a friendly event with male, female and ...
If you wonder why trout anglers get a bad rap. Well, why do we need our own tippet sizing system that makes no sense to other fly anglers? If you’re fishing for saltwater species – or most freshwater ...
A few months ago, I wrote two articles on Presentation—the skill of putting a fly in front of a fish in a way that makes it eat. This article sits in the same wheelhouse, but from a different angle.
Fly fishing instructor Greg Mason can often be spotted Saturday mornings at Urban Harvest Farmers Market with a colorful array of lures, ready to spread the gospel of the ten and two swing technique ...
If you're interested in taking your fishing game beyond just using any old rod with a worm, you need to look at specific ...