Fly line vs. Rod weight: Why Does This Feel Like an Algebra test? I'm going to talk about, Fly line vs. Rod weight, which can be a very confusing topic. I just read a post on Facebook from a beginner fly fisherman, that rings true over and over again. He stated that he was learning to cast, and he was having trouble getting the line to advance forward. I was able to start a chat with him and discovered that he was using the wrong weight line for the rod, AKA, the importance

What exactly is dry fly floatant, and what does it do? If you are new to fly fishing and are just learning some of the ins-and-outs of how to do things. By now you have watched about 12,357 “You tube” videos about dry fly floatant and have more questions now than before you began. Today I’m going to try to answer a question that I get in the shop several times a week and that is “What’s the deal about Fly Floatant”?. Let’s take a step back and define exactly what Fly Floatant

“Hopper Dropper? Sounds Like a Dance Move, But It’ll Catch Fish.” As many of you are currently learning to fly fish, and are learning new things about this sport, you will hear many terms that may sound very foreign to you. For example, you might have read or heard of the term “Hopper Dropper”?. What the heck is this, some sort of term for a dance, or laundry, no it is simple a way of mixing both dry fly fishing and nymph fishing at the same time. Many years ago, I was approa

A quick way to learn about "Matching the Hatch" and what does it mean to the Fly Fisherman

Let’s talk about your tools for Fly Fishing, what you really need Today I thought that we would talk about tools for Fly Fishing, you might call it “Tool Time for Fly Fishing”. Today more than ever the person learning how to fly fish is constantly being bombarded with ads, articles, stuff that’s constantly popping up on our phones, in a never-ending stream of “things”! Things of every shape size color, or configuration. things we need, things we might need someday, and thing

Keeping a Journal, a way to make for great fly fishing As you begin learning to fly fish, or you are just learning to cast a fly rod, I wanted to share something with you, that I feel will pay you dividends in the future, and that is "keeping a Journal". A quick story from back in the mid 80’s when I spent almost all my free time in the Eastern Sierras fishing. I had the distinct pleasure to make acquittance and later friendship with a great gentleman named Bob Thornberg. Bob

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Learn to Fly fish Still Water Part 2 or Deuce If you read part 1 of my post on "Learning to Fly Fishing Stillwaters", I hope you have finally recovered from my long and breathy monologue. If you are learning to fly fish for the first time or just want a different option on how to fly fish Stillwaters. There is so much information that is available when it comes to Stillwater fly fishing, I would need to write an entire book, (oh wait there are books).. If your local Stillwate

Learn to Fly Fish Still Waters, or Still Waters run deep! Part 1 of 2 Thank you to all of you that are following my posts, on learning how to fly fish, or just learning to cast a fly rod. I hope that a few morsels of information have been helpful to you. Up until now I have spent a fair amount of time talking about rivers and fishing for Trout on a fly, but today I thought I would spend a few minutes talking about still waters. Learning to Fly ish still water, or the old sayi

Safety is not just for safe people, It is for Fly Fishing Also If you have followed along with me as I ramble along into the Ethernet of space, I just want to say thank you for humoring me. If you are just learning to fly fish or are new to the casting game, I hope that you are able to use and find helpful some of my little pearls of wisdom, today we are going to talk about "Safety and Fly Fishing". I know some of you will poo-poo today’s topic, but I can tell you from experi

Fly Fish with a Nymph is not a Dirty Word! We have covered quite a bit of information so far, if you are just learning to fly fish, or even if you have some experience and might be a little rusty or unsure of things, this article might be helpful "Fly Fish with a Nymph" is our topic today. I will talk about nymphing and how to understand what we are talking about when people talk about nymph when it comes to fly fishing. You may have already read from other sources that a Tr

Fly Fishing Tools and tool time, the Must Haves Thanks again for coming back and for letting me help you on your journey as a new Flyfisher. If you are just learning to fly fish or if you have a few seasons under your belt let’s have a quick discussion about "fly fishing tools" that you need while you are fishing. Everyone who has his or her favorite can’t live without tools that they take with them on the water almost every day. I read posts every day about which tool do I n