The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

Now your fly is out there. What’s next? How should we adapt fly our fly fishing process to the liquid rhythms of paddle craft? Read the last in this Beads of Wisdom series for ideas.

The Kit Lake Solace is a report on flyfishing for largemouth bass in central Florida, done in the spirit of Mark Twain, Jimmy Buffett, and Garrison Keillor

June 2023 This was a month of resources on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Those with capitals...

What is fly fishing? Charles and Cecil start a Beautiful Addiction.

SEPTEMBER 2022 It was a flipflopped month on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. For a while, the...

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...

Charles and Cecil teach fly fishing

This was a month of change in the medium term on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Managers changed...

This was a month of improvement by way of breakdown on Kit Lake, my home water, in central Florida’s largemouth bass country. Sometimes...

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...

How to prepare to fly fish from a paddle craft.

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

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

Best Stories Ever Field & Stream magazine’s 125th Anniversary issue is a celebration, a great read, a touchstone of sporting literature,...

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

Before the end of 2020, we will pause to share gifts with one another. During this momentous year we’ve seen what being inside too much...

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