Today Chris Price checks back in from Southern Chile with a follow up to his “Pull, Don’t Push” advice from last week. Tic Toc When casting, we’re pulling not pushing, right? As we’re false casting and getting ready to let it fly, we often have a tendency to give a little extra oomph into the last…
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Tips
Casting – Pull, Don’t Push
Chris Price is back today with a gem of a casting tip. Simple, insightful, helpful! Pull! Here’s a casting tip for all anglers, from beginner to expert. In the sport there is always something to learn, and hopefully this will help you make a better cast! Think about a chain. What is a chain used for…
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Brown Trout – Where They Live
We fish for brown trout a lot a Chile West. Sometimes we’re fishing on foot, and we’ve got lots of time to read the water and decide where to make our next cast. Sometimes we’re fishing out of a raft, and in that case we’re covering lots of water and making lots of quick decisions…
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Mending – The Finish Line
We’re wrapping up our mini-series on mending your fly line. Written by Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, this group of posts so far has covered an introduction to mending, Belly, How to Lift and Lay, and Nymphing and the Complete Mend. Today we’re putting it all together to fish a complex current well, by mending well!…
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Present the Fly on Your Backcast
Bruce Chard is back in video form today, with another bonefishing tip for your pleasure. This might be the one skill that separates the ‘pretty new at it’ from the ‘really good’ on the flats – presenting the fly on your backcast. Here are a couple of the highlights from Bruce’s video. Presenting on the…
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Mending – Nymphing and the ‘Complete Mend’
Time for more on mending line when you’re trout fishing! We’re back from a short break in our series on mending – Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, writes the series, and he’s been out for the last couple of weeks hosting a group on a fantastic trip. Don’t worry, you’ll hear more about…
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Fish Thy Feet
Scott Baker-McGarva is our head guide at BC West, and he knows a thing or two about fishing for anadromous fish like steelhead and chinook salmon. Scott checks in today with a simple but very important tip… Hey! Quit Standing on the Fish. True, the spey revolution has changed the way anglers view the water,…
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Fishing Lodges – How to Choose One
We run fly fishing lodges, so we talk to lots of people who are trying to decide where to take their next fishing trip. Some folks seem to do a great job with their research. They may or may not decide to fish with us, but we’re pretty sure they’re going to have a good…
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All About Bonefish Leaders
We’ve told you a little bit in the past about why you might want to tie your own leaders when you’re fishing in the saltwater. A conversation with Bruce Chard at Andros South a couple weeks back got us thinking that there’s a really a lot to saltwater leader design and construction, so we asked…
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Mending – Lift and Lay
Today we’ve got part 3 in our mini-series about mending your fly line, and we’re covering some of the finer points of mending. Is this the glamorous stuff? No, not really. Will this stuff help you catch more fish? Heck yes. Mending Part 3 Let’s say, for the sake of example, we are mending upstream….
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