Fly Fishing Techniques
Indiana’s Sugar Creek for Smallmouth
Rarely does a plan come together, especially since there are so many factors involved in getting to float and fly fish Indiana’s premier smallmouth bass stream. The water has to be at an acceptable flow. To float one way I have to be able to somehow get a ride back up to the put in […]
Back Home Again in Indiana for Great Smallmouth Action
My two weeks UP North in Wisconsin came to an end and we made the 650 mile trip back to southern Indiana … I spent the next day mowing our acreage and getting things back to what they were supposed to look like and then called my friend Frank. Off to try our hand at […]
Fly Fishing 101
Each week I get lots of questions….most all of them are good, usually the questions center around the simple parts of fly fishing; simple, that is, for someone who has been at it for 45 years. So, I have made a two part video series for the beginner. In the first video (Fly Fishing 101 […]
Float Tube Instruction
Maybe you are one of the many fishermen that have seen others in a float tube or have seen float tubers on TV or on YouTube; however, you just don’t know if one of these ‘contraptions’ is for you? How productive would it be … can I actually fish from this ‘thing’ … how well […]
Fly Fishing Topwater for Musky and Bass
If you are a fly-guy…you know there is just something special about seeing a topwater bug get smashed by a fish. I don’t care if it is the local pond for panfish or in this case, a musky trolling his territory and boiling up under your big baitfish popper. Probably the hardest part for the […]
Fly Casting Lessons – With a Follow Up
Through the years I have had to cringe, sorry to say, while watching folks casting in various streams and other waterways. It is much like watching a really bad golf swing…especially if it is someone you know…and you know that you could indeed help their swing. The truth is fly-casting and swinging a golf club […]