Archive | Fishing How To RSS feed for this section
Pucketttarpon.jpg

In Pursuit of the Ancient Tarpon of the Everglades

Illustration: Paul Puckett Monte Burke has made a name for himself as the preeminent chronicler of modern fly fishing for tarpon. If you haven’t yet read his Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon, you’re missing out. In the latest issue of Garden&Gun magazine, Burke writes about a trip […] Read more
Category: Fishing How To
Tags:
tomdeepstreamers.jpg

Video: Tom Rosenbauer on How to Get Streamers Deep

You need to get your streamer or soft hackle wet fly deeper than you can with a floating line. You want it to stay deep during your retrieve or swing. Should you just add a sinking poly leader to your floating line or are there times when a sinking tip fly line works better? In […] Read more
Category: Fishing How To
Tags:
yakoda-nipper-16-9.jpg

Yakoda (Re)Builds Their Nippers for a New Generation

Yakoda’s goal was to build nippers that will stand the test of time but won’t break the bank. Yakoda Supply has re-engineered one of their most popular accessories with the release of the next-generation Yakoda Nipper ($89). According to the manufacturer, the new design blends the same precision and simplicity that made the original a Read more
Category: Fishing How To
Tags:
reedteuscher.jpg

Podcast: Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon in Estuaries, with Reed Teuscher

  [Interview starts at 41:00] You can catch salmon and steelhead on a fly in salt water before they enter rivers. The fish are bright and strong and may still be actively feeding but the problem is to find them in a big expanse of water. In this episode, Tom Rosenbauer talks to Reed Teuscher […] Read more
Category: Fishing How To
Tags:
tt102125thumb.jpg

Tying Tuesday: Shoulder-Season Specials | MidCurrent

This week’s Tying Tuesday features an interesting collection of patterns that will produce as we transition from fall into winter. We kick things off with a classic, high-floating caddisfly pattern from McFly Angler that just looks buggy. Plus, it can float and emerger or nymph is a dry-dropper setup. Next, Allen McGee shows us how […] Read more
Category: Fishing How To
Tags:
castingpornthumb.jpg

Video: Fly Casting as an Art Form

“Fish porn” is—for better or worse—one of the staples of fly-fishing entertainment, for obvious reasons. Every angler dreams of catching the kinds of fish they see in videos from Alaska, New Zealand, and other exotic locales. But Capt. Chris Newsome from Virginia has posted a video of a different genre: casting porn.” Spend a minute Read more
Category: Fishing How To
Tags: