Tippets: Short Casts, Cross Training

April 23, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • Even if you can’t cast very far, you can still catch a lot of fish, writes Chad Shmukler. “The anglers on the stream that aren’t throwing line farther than they need to are often the ones catching the most fish.” In a recent article on Hatch Magazine, Shmukler lists the reasons why shorter is, in many instances, actually better.
  • From the predictable to the conjectural, Kirk Deeter writes a thought-provoking and fun piece on five “cross-training” sports that can make you a better angler, via Fly TalkField & Stream.