Fly Lines and Your Reel, a learning curve We’ve talked before about how fly lines are built and categorized but today we are going to talk about fly lines and the reel, and how they work together. In this article, I’m sharing a recent experience—something I had never done in 43 years of fly fishing—as a simple “what not to do” lesson. I was recently going on a trip to float the Arkansas River out of Salida Colorado and try to hopefully catch the “Mother’s Day hatch” for the f

Sticker Art, The Fishing Edition If you are just learning to fly fish, or even if you have been fishing for a while now let us take a quick minute and discuss world of window art, or sticker art, or Sticker Art. I am not sure why people feel it is necessary to let the world know that “hey I fly fish”, but to each his own. Over the years I have been known to adorn my vehicle with a sticker or two, you know to show solidarity and support for the companies or products that I us

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Getting to good water to Fly Fish As you learn to fly fish and begin to discover all the great things about this sport, you have probably read more than your fair share of articles, watched about 120,789 videos on you tube, and any other media that you can get your hands on but you still have to be able to "get to good water to fly fish". With all of this online sleuth work there is one thing that you can only discover the hard way, and that is to go outside for yourself. I h

Stream, Creeks, Rivers Oh my! As you are learning to fly fish, and by now have watched 100K hours of Youtube videos, read so many on-line articles that your head feels as if it would explode. Let’s add more fuel to the fire and talk about the terms Stream Creek and River. I know what’s the difference is and why does it matter?. The reason it matters is when you go to a new fishing area, weather it be a new state or new river system, you need a few tidbits of information to he