Category Archives: Techniques
Leaving the Comfort Zone
There are two kinds of water, says Kirk Deeter in this week’s Fly Fishing Jazz column: rivers to fish when you want to pretend to be a great angler, and others where you actually become a great angler. Both have their … more
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Video: Tenkara Casting Basics
Another very simple and easy to understand tutorial on the basics of Tenkara fishing by Daniel Galhardo. Last week he showed us how to rig up the a line on a Tenakara rod, this week he shows us how to …
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Video Hatch: Painless Hook Removal
At some point (if it hasn’t happened already), you’re sure to snag yourself or your fishing partner with a fly. Here, the guys over at Gink & Gasoline provide a great how-to.
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Video Hatch: “How to Fly Fish Colorado’s Freestone Streams”
From picking pockets and deep pools, to casting in tight spaces and tips for unsnagging flies, Josh Rickard of Rocky Mountain Fly Fisher has produced an informative film on how to fish Colorado’s freestone streams.
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Homage to Charlie Meyers
Published posthumously in 2010, Charlie Meyers’s co-authored The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing (with Kirk Deeter) is quickly becoming a classic. And putting many of those 250 tips to good use, Scott Willoughby and Deeter head to the South Platte … more
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Trout Tactics for Three Days
Scott Sadil’s books–Angling Baha, Lost in Wyoming, Cast from the Edge, and the recent Fly Tales–deserve as much attention as anything recently written about the sport of fly fishing. Sadil is one of those rare writers who can both … more
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Henry’s Fork with a Southern Twang
With picky fish sipping low-riding mayfly imitations, it is no wonder that the patterns of famed angler Rene Harrop work just as well on the South Holston–a river in a sleepy part of East Tennessee–as they do on the famed … more
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Merwin: How to Fish the Trico Hatch
MidCurrent editorial board member and Field & Stream editor John Merwin writes about how to best take advantage of the glorious Tricorythodes mayfly hatches of August. “As to my own trico fishing, 6X tippets are the general rule; sometimes 7X with … more
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Nymphing No-Nos
This week Rick Hafele is back with five tips on how to dramatically improve your nymphing success. As Hafele says, “Sometimes knowing what not to do can be more important than knowing what you should do. Over the years I’ve … more
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Casting: Keep Your Elbow Low
Sore shoulders and arms could be indicators of poor casting technique. And as Sam Hudson, a self-proclaimed “Lefty Kreh casting disciple” urges, take a look at your elbow and keep it on the shelf: “meaning going through the entire casting … more
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