setting the hook

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...

Swinging Flies – Don’t Block Your Hook Set
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...

Fighting King Salmon – From Start to Finish
Good fighting position. Photo: Tosh Brown. Last week, Deneki regular, Stuart Foxall, presented us with a great post on proper fly presentation when swinging for king...

The Strip Set – Not Just for Bonefish
Earl strip set.. Photo: Kyle Shea. "Don't trout set," are words nearly every saltwater angler has heard at one time or another. That's because when it...

Strip Setting Keeps You in the Game
He's still coming! Photo: Kyle Shea. If you're a regular to our humble little blog, you're probably aware that every once in a while we like...
Set With the Swing
Good things happen when you set with the swing. Photo: Alfie King When swinging flies for salmon and steelhead, we find setting the hook to the...
Mousing for Trout – Try a Strip Set
Fat trout, grassy bank - probably a mouse involved. On our Alaskan rivers, targeting big leopard rainbows with gaudy rodent imitations is not only visually...
Point Your Rod at That Bonefish
Pointed right at him - nice job, Jonah. We've gone on a few diatribes over the years about how to set the hook on a bonefish...