When you pull fly line off your reel, does it fall to the floor and look like a slinky? Coils can form on old fly lines, or lines left on a small arbor in storage for long periods of time. These coils can interfere with your cast in a few different ways. We will discuss…
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Tips
Are Your Hooks Sharp Enough?
Often times when an angler misses a strike or two, they blame their hook set or claim the fish “short striked”. While both of these can certainly be valid, I would argue that far more fish are lost due to dull hook points than most people realize. We live in a time where most new…
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Get To Know Your Tailing Loops
One of the most common casting flaws fly anglers experience, especially as they learn to double haul, is the infamous tailing loop. This occurs when the top part of the casting loop drops below the bottom part of the loop, this can happen on either the forward cast or the back cast. The result of…
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Timeless Tips // Sick Of Frozen Guides?
We want to be out fishing, regardless of how intimidating the thermometer reading is. There is some great gear available to keep you warm during even the coldest conditions, if only there was something we could do to stop the annoying ice from forming on your rod’s guides right? Well there is a solution and…
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3 Common Mistakes When Winter Fishing
Winter fishermen are a rare breed. They are the ones that know they are going to put up with some abuse for the chance at possibly hooking a fish. The ones that are able to ignore the forecast and strap up their waders anyways. The ones that understand fishing is always better than not fishing, regardless of…
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Fly Tying Friday // Black & Blue Pot Belly Pig Tube
Deneki royalty and renowned fly tier, Stuart Foxall, has partnered up with Jay Bartlett of Fly Fish Adventures to produce fly tying videos featuring some of Stuart’s favorite flies. First up is the Black & Blue Pot Belly Pig. This is a pattern that Stuart came up with when he first visited British Columbia years…
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Swinging For Winter Trout? Give It A Twitch!
When we talk about swinging flies, most people initially think of anadromous fish like wild Steelhead or King Salmon. Another species we like to chase in the winter with our two handed rods are resident trout. Despite the cold water temperatures in wintertime causing the metabolism of a trout to slow down, they are still…
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Timeless Tips // Proper Bonefish Retrieval
We could spend hours talking about Bonefish. They are our favorite saltwater fish to chase and we strongly believe that the habits learned in bonefishing will help you become a much better flats angler, regardless of the species you are targeting. There are a ton of articles going over casting on the flats and an…
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Fly Fishing Photography // The Grip n Grin
The appropriately named “Grip n Grin” aka “Hero Shot” has taken on an interesting stigma of late. Instagram and social media trolls combined with the “keep em wet” movement have people taking fewer and fewer photos of a person simply smiling, holding a fish. Overall I would say this is a positive trend. We should…
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Timeless Tips // Point and Pivot Slowly On The Bow
We’ve talked in length about how important it is to be on the same page as your guide. 20 feet to him may look like 30 feet to you. Once you are on the same page in regards to distance (I always use the length of the boat as a good reference point for you…
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