Fly Fishing Tips Archives

Trolling in a Float Tube

As the years go by, one would hope that we get a little smarter? It doesn’t matter if it is handling money, work or even the big picture of life itself…but for sure I have started to fish ‘smarter’. There are fly patterns, lakes, streams and methods that work at various points of the year. […]

Getting Started in Streamer Fishing – Discussion

Here is a piece from MidCurrent on fishing streamers. It is chocked full of good info from some guys/guides that have made a living with streamers. There is a lot of info for streamer guys of all varying levels. I love the fact that these people talk about streamer fishing all year round and not […]

Fly Tying by Megan Boyd – Kiss The Water

This video entitled “Kiss the Water” is maybe just what the doctor ordered as we sit here, late in winter, shoveling out from the late blast of winter. I must say that without my fly tying….these past few weeks would have been almost too much to handle. If you’re not familiar with the tying of […]

A Guide to Knots for Fishing, Boating and Camping

Take a look at a very neat and organized series of knots that will help you in all different aspects of fishing and boating. For sure, a person can’t get good enough at knots and in the world of fly fishing…a knot may be just as important as a reel or rod. Don’t think so…wait […]

2015 – Here We Go Fly Casting

Kinda hard to believe…but it is indeed 2015. We are closer to the year 2030 than we are to 1999; what? That can’t be…ah, but it is. I can still remember wondering what might just happen when we cruised into the second millennium…and here we are looking forward to the 16th year of the 2000’s. […]

Top Water Bass From A Float Tube

The video that follows was shot using my GoPro headmount at a little lake in southern Indiana in mid-June. I caught loads of nice, healthy, 12 to 15 inch bass using a shad popper from my ODC 420 float tube. It is very simple fishing…but was one of the nicest mornings I have had in […]