Fly Fishing Tips
Tips to help you become a better fly fisherman or woman.
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 […]
How To Set Up A 6 Weight Fly Fishing System
All too often I get a wide array of questions….but more than any other are questions about leader, tippet and fly line for my 6 weight fly fishing system. I am also often asked about having just one weight of fly rod or system….what would it be? After many years and much deliberation…I guess I […]
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 […]
Fly Fishing the Big Blue River in Scenic Southern Indiana
New water excites me… I can’t hardly wait the night before as I build with anticipation. Don’t get me wrong, nothing wrong with the waters I have already fished, especially if they are loaded with big hungry fish…but a new pool, riffle or bend is hard to describe…maybe you understand…if you don’t, I probably can’t […]
Fly Fishing Catch and Release at Bennet Spring
Let’s be clear, anytime a person can get out in December, in The Midwest, to fly fish….is a good time. So it was that my friends, Frank Terkhorn, John Morgan and I left my home early on Friday, December 8th; we were headed west about 400 miles to one of my favorite places in this […]