
In contrast, fly fishing has a rod, a reel, a line, waders, a vest, and some flies. Okay, maybe I understate a bit, but it is still a relatively low-gear operation compared with the Normandy Invasion logistics required to go bass fishing.
I’m a big believer in fishing few flies many ways, rather than stuffing fly boxes with hundreds of variations. That’s partly because I’m cheap, and also disorganized.
Read more...A couple weeks ago I was on location for a photo shoot in the jungles of Guyana and realized the sunglass retainers I had with me did not fit the larger ear stems of my Costa Del Mar sunglasses. I … more
As jazz is a conversation between human and instrument, so fly fishing is a conversation between human and water. And the four men—Håvard, Joona, Fredrik, and Tapani—who make up Jazz & Fly Fishing are masters of both. Tight lines you …
A group of scientists recently conducted a study that links higher steelhead death rates to low water levels and the amount of vineyard acreage upstream. In the late summer and early fall of dry years, when water is at a … more
Imago Fly Fishing claims to be “The Brand of a Generation.” I’m part of that generation, and while this video is pretty cool, the biggest factor is if they can hold together through at least two seasons. And not everyone …
"Small Streams in Michigan": An excerpt from the first chapter of Thomas McGuane's classic book "The Longest Silence."
You can tie a Surf Candy to imitate almost any baitfish, from a tiny one-inch baby sand eel to an eight-inch needlefish used for barracuda.
A rod is still a rod, and in some cases, some graphite “classics” still have a look and feel that cannot be replaced, even by the very manufacturers that shelved these models in favor of the “faster, lighter” brands they replaced them with.
"Stan and Me" is fly fisher Kathryn Maroun's touching account of her friendship with Stanley Bogdan, the legendary inventor of the Bogdan reel.
MidCurrent interviews Daniel Galhardo on the whys and wherefores of the fast-growing style tenkara.