setting the hook

8 Tips to a Better Strip Set
A successful Strip Set. To succeed on the flats, a precise strip set execution is essential. A successful strip set involves more than just yanking on the fly line when...

Deneki Chronicles: Swinging Flies – Don’t Block Your Hookset
Be ready! Photos: Ben West. In any avenue of fly fishing, one thing that separates successful anglers from not-so-successful anglers is complete, undivided, fully engaged, focus whenever...

Deneki Chronicles: Trout Fishing-Hold On To Your Hook Set
Keep it tight! Photo: Tosh Brown. Today we present you with a simple tip that we've seen learned the hard way on, not one, but many...

Setting the Hook: No Windups
Grant didn't wind up.. Photo: Kyle Shea. We've written a lot of posts on our blog over the years on properly setting the hook on everything...

Set Towards the Tail
Current moving from right to left, set to the left. Photo: Kyle Shea. Today we address one of the most common mistakes we see made on...

8 Tips to a Better Strip Set
Ready position, demonstrated. Photo: Kyle Shea. Executing a proper strip set is critical to success on the flats. However, contrary to popular belief, there's more to...

Setting the Hook: Strip Long, Not Hard
Bill demonstrates a solid set. Photo: Bill Kalm. One the biggest hurdles most anglers encounter when making the jump from freshwater to saltwater fly fishing is...

Swinging Flies: How to Set the Hook – OPST Video
Result of a good hook set. Photo: Kyle Shea. When swinging flies for king salmon and steelhead, we'd argue that more fish are lost due to...