Tippets: Casts Apart from the Usual, History of the Reel, Secret Spot Auctioned Off

January 8, 2013 By: Erin Block

  • Joe Mahler presents three casts that depart from the usual: The Quick-Change, The Misdirection, and The Sky Curve. Detailed and illustrated on Fly Fishing in Salt Waters.
  • From travel models to art, brass to aluminum , Phil Monahan highlights the development of the fly reel in the 19th century.
  • Bitter after a breakup, a New Zealand woman has auctioned off the coordinates to her boyfriend’s secret fishing location. Although “I didn’t list them to be vindictive,” she says, “I listed them as a bit of a laugh.”