Tying Fishing Knots
Hey folks, give this piece a read…especially If you are just getting going in fly fishing. Knots are your last contact point to the fish, to your quarry and if your knots aren’t good…well, let’s be clear…your big fish is just going to swim away. As you read this piece pay attention to the most […]
Fly Fishing for Smallies After the Flood
If you were living here in the eastern half of the US early to mid-May then you know we had rain, a deluge that went on and on. Here in Indiana it was one of the worst I can remember. I know that farmers will be out repairing and replanting fields while others will have […]
A 40 Inch Musky on the Fly – From My Float Tube
Just recently, while fly fishing on Bass Lake in the West Dugger Unit of The Greene-Sullivan State Forest I caught and landed a 40 inch Musky. Now here in southern Indiana a 40 incher is pretty good and for me it was probably my 10th musky from Bass Lake…and while I had lost two at […]
Fly Fishing for Smallmouth on New Water
One of my very favorite things to do is working and fishing new water. Frankly, here in southern Indiana…I don’t get that opportunity a lot due to the fact that I have been on many of our good smallmouth waters. When our trip to Sugar Creek fell through due to torrential rains in northern Indiana…my […]
Three Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Streamer Fishing
Just this week I read a short but interesting piece on MidCurrent Fly Fishing News (if you don’t subscribe to it….it is a weekly blurb online and well worth the time). The topic was the three things I wish I had known when I started fly fishing. This got me thinking and therefore, below, are […]