Fly Fishing Articles
Fly fishing is addictive. Once you start, you'll never stop. Whether you are going to the local water hole or to Alaska, you should use a fly fishing journal to keep track of your sessions. Fly...
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If you have never taken a fly fishing trip before and you are planning on heading for the wilderness, take along a buddy. At worst you'll have someone to compete with during the telling of one...
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The world of fly fishing can be a confusing one, beginners are forced to learn new lingo, new techniques, and digest new info regarding fish and their behavior. Of the years we have published many...
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Like everything else in this world, quality matters when trout fishing. If all you will ever do is fish for small trout and pan fish, virtually any cheap fly reel will work just fine. In these...
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Fly fishing in itself can be intimidating for the uninitiated. Watching a fly fisher while holding a spin rod can feel humbling. The whole world of fly fishing looks complicated, daunting, unfriendly...
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By Steve Clark www.totalflyfishing.com For many fly-fisherman, fly-tying is a serious hobby. Given that tying your own flies...
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At first glance, and well maybe even at second glance fly tying hook sizes can be confusing. They have not only the size number attached to them but then they have all those x numbers following...
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I remember the first time I saw someone fly fishing. I think I was five years old. My father, my sister and I had back packed to a remote alpine lake. My trusty Zebco with the closed face push...
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The overhead cast is the most basic fly cast. Learn to execute it well and you will be able to easily adapt the skill to the side cast and backhand casting. Good casting starts with learning...
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Selecting the correct tapered leader and tippet for the type of fishing you are about to do is crucial. Nothing can spook fish quicker than an oversized tippet for the particular situation. On...
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Some people like to fly fish from their canoe. But there are advantages and disadvantages to this unusual combinations of activities. People usually fly fish from land, standing still in water...
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The definition of a fly reel has changed a great deal in the last couple of decades. Once thought of as simply ” a place to hold your line” the fly reel has evolved into a highly specialized piece...
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The first type of drag system is the traditional Spring-and Pawl-drag. Just because this drag type if traditional doesn't mean it's outdated. In fact, spring-and-pawl fly reels are ideal for trout...
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Dirty fly line is a recipe for bad casting. So clean your line to provide for better casts and longer fly line life. Fly lines need to be cleaned for best casting. Additionally, by cleaning your...
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We put the raft in on a warm morning in Sept. without a cloud in sight. My expectations were not high, since a warm sunny day tends to put the fish down, at least on this stretch of the Colorado....
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Ready to plan your fly fishing trip? Then here are some tips on planning that will make your fly fishing trip go much smoother, and your fishing time more productive. When planning for...
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For those of you who, like me, have memories of fishing that pre-date memories of school, think back to as many fishing partners and trips as you can. Even those people you only went fishing...
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Fly anglers are schooled at an early age, (well any age, I suppose, but early into their foray of fly fishing), about the big three, mayflies, caddis and stoneflies. I need to digress again, this...
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Tips on Fly Fishing There are thousands of live-bait anglers, who are excellent sportsmen, but the fly fisherman can practice better conservation from the beginning. Basically, fly fishing...
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Good Fly Presentation Obviously, the goal when casting a fly is to present the fly to the fish in a realistic manner. You are trying to simulate nature here. If you are going for trout...
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Small Stream Fly Fishing I believe there are more fish lost before an angler makes his first cast than at any other time when fly fishing the small stream. Picture this; you've spent some time...
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There are thousands of live-bait anglers, who are excellent sportsmen, but the fly fisherman can practice better conservation from the beginning. Basically, fly fishing is not only one of the...
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When choosing the weight of the fly line, base your decision on the size of the flies you will be casting. Choosing the right line will make fishing much easier and more enjoyable for you. 0...
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You can buy flies for fly fishing, but you'll want to tie your own at some point. Undoubtedly, your first fly will be the Frankenstein Fly. Of Flies... There is a particular fly for every...
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Why are fly lines so important? Just like with fly rods and fly reels, fly lines need to match up with the types of fly fishing that you do. This match should be made precisely, too. Thus, if you...
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Like many things in fly fishing you can ask 10 different fly anglers a single question and you’ll get 10 different answers. Asking what steelhead rod one should use for fly fishing is no different....
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Fly fishing streamers is often over looked by fly anglers, especially trout anglers. Streamers is a category of flies fly fisherman have given to loosely mean food other than insects. Generally,...
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It was one of those fishing trips. You know, everyone catches fish but you, you loose six or eight of your most expensive streamers, it rains buckets, and you sink the boat. That’s right; I got...
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There are quite a few colors of fly lines available. Some floating fly lines are bright yellow, others are fluorescent green, and still others are a pumpkin orange. So, with all the fly line colors...
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Saltwater fly fishing is all the rage these days. This excitement is quite understandable because there’s hardly anything more thrilling to a saltwater fly rodder than a bluefish blitz, a tailing...
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Well, if you've read this far, you should have a good knowledge about fly lines. But, let's sum things up. 1. Fly Line Weight - The weight of a fly line should be the same as the weight of...
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Lake fly fishing techniques are similar to those of any other types of water except you don't have to deal with currents. In lakes fish have to aggressively search for food and are more likely...
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There are a few basic steelheading techniques that every steelhead fly fishing angler knows, or should know. Which one you use will depend on several things including water lever, clarity, temperature...
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Deep fishing can be for sport or commercial means. It is the practice of fishing in deep water to catch fish that live or feed near the bottom. These bottom fish get high prices at market that make them very desirable to fishermen. Deep fishing is hard and strenuous. The equipment used is heavy and more complex than that of regular fishing. There are three basic ways of deep fishing - anchoring and chumming, bottom trolling and trawling. Each way uses a different approach and take certain special skill. The equipment used to deep fish is basically the same as other fishing equipment....
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The latest information and news on Fishing:
Tok Bali Heartbeat Of Fishing Industry (Bernama)
PASIR PUTEH, March 11 (Bernama) -- The new fishing township of Tok Bali will be developed to be a centre for downstream and other fishery industry projects like processing and freezing operations.
How does wind direction affect fishing? (Galveston County Daily News)
With the wind forecast to shift to the east today, Capt. Joe Kent writes about how wind direction affects fishing.
Feds propose endangered listing for US loggerhead turtles threatened by fishi...
BOSTON - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.
OUTDOORS: Weekly fishing report, March 11 (North County Times)
The fish report is weekly. Its accuracy depends on marinaoperators, tackle shops and local fishermen we contact. Anglerscatching large fish should send the information to Outdoor NewsService, P.O. Box 9007, San Bernardino, CA 92427, or telephone909-887-3444, so it can be included in this report. Faxes can besent to 909-887-8180. E-Mail messages or fishing reports can alsobe posted to Jim ...
Spring fishing season is finally on the way (Tideland News)
Dr. Bogus Is it spring yet? Not yet, but we have finally had a break in the weather and we can close our eyes and dream. There are many harbingers of spring, the robins, more hours of daylight, maple trees flowering, dandelions yellowing up the lawns, that yellow dusting of springtime pollen and the greening of the first bushes and trees ? and oh yes, opening of our fishing piers.
Ice fishing season nearing its end (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Spring is right around the corner, but rain and warmer temperatures are rapidly bringing the ice fishing season to a close, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment said Wednesday.
Annual Youth Ice Fishing Derby (The Wahpeton Daily News)
Despite a mushy, muddy Heitkamp Pond Saturday afternoon, about 200 people attended the annual Youth Ice Fishing Derby. Preston Spanel, Wauker Spanel and Alex Mund try their luck at catching a few fish.
EU to ask for global ban on fishing bluefin tuna (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
European Union governments are calling for a global ban on fishing for Atlantic bluefin tuna at next week's international talks on protecting endangered species.
Angler returns to old fishing grounds (Galveston County Daily News)
An angler moves back to area and wants to know all of the information on his old favorite fishing spots.
Gone fishing: Cape's Haseotes goes pro (Cape Cod Times)
CENTERVILLE ? B.J. Haseotes' father, Byron, preached several things to his children as they grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod. There was family, business and fishing.
Well, perhaps you shouldn’t. If you have just started fishing, and occasionally dunk a worm for panfish, you can easily get by with a cheap rod from a discount store. But, if you have progressed in the art of fishing to the point where you get a kick out of your equipment, and have learned to appreciate the benefits of a sensitive rod, the custom rod may be for you. There are some concrete benefits to the custom rod. Above all else, the custom rod can be much more sensitive than any rod you can buy over the counter. Sensitivity is a function of two things – the actual characteristics...
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