Fly Fishing

A Day in the Keys…

To be honest, I had never seriously considered the Florida Keys as a fishing destination. I thought it would be…

7 years ago

Fly Tying Tutorial: Curved Cotton Candy Copper John

This fly pattern actually came about when my daughter asked her father to create a “princess fly.” She asked for…

7 years ago

(Siberian?) Tiger Trout

The air temperature and the water temperature matched each other at 39 degrees.  I was in a float tube encased…

7 years ago

Fly Tying Tutorial: Skinny Stoney Fly

Pretty sure I saw something similar to this on Instagram sometime over the past year. For some reason it popped…

7 years ago

Bauer RX-5 Fly Reel – Review

Over the years I have had a chance to play with many reels and rods on various saltwater trips around…

7 years ago

Variety in Southern Belize

(It's not just about the Palometa....) Earlier, I wrote about my experience at Tarpon Caye Lodge, which is a permit-focused…

7 years ago

Proof is in the Split-Shot

I like to think that each and every one of us have concrete moments in fishing that change the way…

7 years ago

Keep Exploring

Sometimes I feel like the desire to explore tugs at me more than my desire to catch a fish. The…

7 years ago

A NON-PERMIT FANATIC AT THE EPICENTRE OF PERMIT MADNESS

For years, I have been eyeballing satellite images of the many cays in southern Belize.  I finally surrendered to the…

7 years ago

Jurassic Fish: Kokanee Salmon (Part 1)

Strings of sunlight splashed through the clouds at the top of Monarch Pass. Glimpses of snow dotted the roadside. Bluegrass…

7 years ago

Fishing the Togiak Wilderness

How about a hundred fish day in the heart of Alaskan wilderness? Walking up side channels with bear and moose…

7 years ago

Fly Fishing During a Zombie Apocalypse

I don’t know about everyone else, but sometimes I think living in a world full of zombies would be pretty…

7 years ago