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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Picking a fly fishing rod is a tricky endeavor. Do you go with your ego, expected fishing environment or something else? While length is a factor, the bend or action of the rod is a key factor. Flexibility Fly fishing rods are often defined by their flexibility. In laymen’s terms, flexibility means how far the rods will bend when the same casting effort is used. Minimal Bend A fly fishing rod that has minimum bend is often called a “fast” rod. The lack of bend lets the angler get lots of speed on the cast. This speed allows you to cast very accurately and farther away than...
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The latest information and news on Fishing:
Fishing gear over the years has improved a lot
The sport of fishing in Arkansas is much changed over the past several decades. Technical advances have been coupled with increased knowledge on the part of anglers.
Fishing report (Sept. 2-8)
Courtesy Connecticut DEP INLAND REPORT LARGEMOUTH BASS fishing was generally fair to good, with reports from Billings Lake, Candlewood Lake, East Twin Lake, Gardner Lake, Glasgo Pond, Mudge Pond (a 5 lb bass among the catches), Pattagansett Lake, Pickerel Lake (catches include a 6 lb bass), Lake Zoar (a tough place for some anglers, but fair action can be found, and recent catches do include a 5 ...
Fishing Report: Labor Day Lake Safety
FISHING REPORT - The final big boating weekend is upon us as Lake Texoma prepares to welcome a big end-of-summer Labor Day crowd. With this final push for 2010 on-the-water fun, Lynn Burkhead has some
Fishing Georgia's eight Navy towers
Bluewater fishermen can target a variety of striking fish while fishing the R-5 Navy tower, one of eight Navy towers constructed during the early 1980s off Georgia's coastline.
Fishing reopened in 5,130 square miles of Gulf
MIAMI ? Fishing and shrimping can resume in federal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico stretching from Louisiana's far eastern shore into Florida's Panhandle, authorities said Thursday.
Fishing Tournament results
Fishing tournament results
Fishing reopened in 5,130 square miles of Gulf federal waters
Fishing and shrimping can resume in federal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico stretching from Louisiana's far eastern shore into Florida's Panhandle, authorities said today.
Fishing citations against Kookesh, three others, dismissed
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska ? Juneau Thursday, a judge today dismissed a subsistence fishing citation against state Senator Albert Kookesh. It could be the end of a year-plus legal battle that challenged state management of Native subsistence harvests. Sitka Superior Court Judge David George dismissed all but one charge against Kookesh and three co-defendants. The [...]
Fishing in the Badlands
According to long time anglers, there is a big difference between ?fishing? and ?catching?. Fishing refers to the attempt to have one of our Piscean friends grab on to your bait; catching is the act of having said fish available for photo opportunities or as the evening entree.
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Harvey County Fishing Report West Park Water temperature ? 70°F. Lake is at normal level. CHANNEL CATFISH ? Good on stink bait, liver and worms. CRAPPIE and BLUEGILL ? Crappie slow to fair on worms and minnows. Bluegill good on worms.
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 situations, all a reel really does is to serve as a place to hold fly line. And even a cheap reel does this task ok. Unfortunately, this all changes once you get a large fish on the other end of your fly line. If the fly reel you are using is not well made with precision parts, the line will come out with uneven tension or the fly reel may seize up altogether. The reason cheap fly reels are inexpensive...
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