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Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks: Drifting Boulders(Post)
Over the course of the next several weeks I’ll be writing about some tips and tricks I have learned over the years. I’m organizing a trip for the Salmonfly hatch with RiverBum pro Jim Mitchell, ...
Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks: The Fly First Cast(Post)So much attention is given to casting distance when talking about fly fishing. Super stiff graphite rods, where a 5wt feels more like a 6wt or 7wt of years gone past. The truth is, casting dis ...
Fly Fishing for Pike - Tips & Tricks to Catch More Pike(Post)Pike fly fishing is not just for the pros. With the right gear, even new anglers can become successful at it. Want to give it a go? In this blog, we’ll talk about some tips and tricks that can ...
High Water Nymph Tricks(Post)Most of the time when you think of nymph fishing in high water you think of using large dark nymphs like black stoneflies or prince nymphs in size 12, 10 or even 8. While these are tried and true fli ...
Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks - Bumper Bugs(Post)Going to a new area that you haven’t fished or even an old haunt just a different section of the river? Wash your vehicle before you get out on the water. That’s right. When you ...
Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks: Water Requirements(Post)There are volumes of books written on reading the water, and thousands upon thousands of illustrations. I really don’t think I need to cover that. However, what I don’t often see is a dialogue ...
Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks: Rising Fish(Post)Oh baby, when you see or hear a fish rise, an active feeder - the first thing you think is "Let’s go get ‘em!" We immediately swing our fly to right where we see ‘em rise or to the ripp ...
Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks: Insect Life Cycles(Post)To be an effective trout fisherman, it is necessary to know the life cycles of the aquatic insects in a trout’s diet.Trout are cold blooded. In kind, so is most of their forage aside from the od ...
Fly Fishing Slough Creek Yellowstone Park(Post)RiverBum Pro Capt. Jimmy Daniels provides some tips and tricks for fly fishing Slough Creek in Yellowstone National Park. Capt Jim talks about the type of hatches that come off the river, and ...
Here Bully, Bully(Post)Catching big bull trout is the cold water equivalent to catching big pike and musky. These fish are top predators. They are big, mean, and tough to catch. But when you do…..look out! Know ...
The Steeple Cast(Post)I fly fish on the St. Joe River in Northern Idaho quite a bit. For much of the water shed, your back is literally going to be up against the wall once you get down on the river. Whether ...
Trout Senses(Post)One of the many reasons we love fly fishing for trout is that they are such a challenge to catch. Trout have excellent vision, their vision path is essentially up and out. When folks say “I hope ...
Consistent Floating Flies(Post)Although most fly patterns are designed with balance and presentation in mind, some dry flies tend to land and drift upside down or on their side nearly as often as they land the right way. One way ...
Casting Tip(Post)I think the largest mistake a beginner makes fly casting is breaking their wrists. Rod hitting structure behind you, snapping off a few flies, rod making some horrific noises? These are a ...
SA Freshwater/Saltwater Fluorocarbon Tapered Leader: Product Review(Post)Look, I know there is great debate on whether or not Fluorocarbon is invisible in water. While I’m not in the camp of completely invisible, they are for sure darn tough to see. Most rivers are ...
Bug Watching(Post)Sometimes the bugs that you see are not actually the same bugs that the fish are eating. Even during fairly substantial hatches some fish may key on other insects that are out in far smaller numbers.
