A New Beginning How can a fly angler get the vibration and light benefits of modern fishing’s all-time great spinner bait lure? Several...

NOVEMBER 2022 It was a month of settling down on Kit Lake, my home water in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Bright...

OCTOBER 2022 It was a month of seismic change on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Record storms and...

It was a month of turnaround on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. When he returned to the backdoor,...

June 2022 It was a month of leisure and work on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida's largemouth bass country. Bosses needed help...

Fish will attack a fly that sinks quickly when we stop stripping it in. And in happy times, they’ll blast throthe surface to grab a...

Fly Fishing from a Paddle Craft In the previous article, we saw that kayak fly anglers can purchase enough gear to sink their boat. So we...

Different types of fly rods bend and unbend with different characteristics. Manufacturers use the word action to describe where on the...

A Simple Comparison When selecting a fly, we must take into account the shape, silhouette, and color of the natural creatures we are...

You might already have a box of flies for largemouth bass

Like signing up with Arthur Murray before the party, or a morning with a ski instructor before going up the mountain, a good fly fishing sc

an introduction to the theories of leading fly fishing instructors of the past will help us move forward with confidence

A Useful Adjustment Knotted leaders, broken leaders, lost flies, missed fish, and ugly casts. All of these dreaded fly fishing glitches...

Inattentiveness can cost us. In the same way pilots constantly search the skies, you should be regularly checking...

An exciting addition to your flies

As we rediscover how fly fishing can help us deal with more important issues, we rediscover simple waters, tactics, and flies. Maybe we...

The Next Step for New Anglers As novice fly anglers we carry boxes full of enthusiasm and positive thoughts. As we begin to develop, we...

The tug is the drug, and I go to the water every time I can to get my fix. But that isn’t as much as I would like. Plus fishing isn’t all...

Underwater, mayfly nymphs who no longer crawl along the bottom but cannot yet fly, struggle to immerge from the shell of their immature...

Watching is Key Recently, as I coached a client to think about her next fly cast, I directed her with the words of my long ago driving...