If you’re throwing fish back, you never catch a mess of fish. You can catch a lot or a bunch. You might even have a great day where they were hitting everything you were throwing at them. Great memories, beautiful pictures, and stories that will last a lifetime: but you can’t say that you caught …
Last fall I fell down a rabbit hole. More accurately: I fell down into a duck’s nest. After decades of watching guys wade into swamps, dressed like trees, carrying fake birds over their shoulders, I decided to do the same. And I loved it. But aside from some cobbled-together gear from my vast fly fishing …
I’ve gone through periods of time in my life where my feeling towards “fishing shows” have vacillated. As a teenager, they were one aspect of my hungry outdoor education. When I was spending an inordinate time in the woods and on the water in my 20’s, all they seemed to do was make me antsy …
What is reading water? At the most basic level, it is the process by which an angler determines where fish are most likely to be. By assessing a number of variables, it is possible to figure out which parts of a river have the highest percentage of holding fish. But what becomes an intuitive process …
Actually, it is one way to read water with four parts. But that is way too long for a podcast title. After sharing an anecdote about my failing to read water well, I go into my four-pronged approach to approaching rivers. While not remarkable or novel, I believe that this multi-tiered technique is a great …
I do enjoy writing funny fly fishing stuff. To be honest, it is a lot harder than how-to and gear review writing. In large part, this is because people don’t have a good senses of humor. (Good senses of humor are defined, you see, as that which is relatively similar to the sense of humor …
There are a lot of reasons why The Fly Fishing Show is on my calendar every winter. Between learning from accomplished anglers, generating content for Casting Across, and catching up with acquaintances, the time spent in convention centers is always worthwhile. But something else that is always a high priority is checking out the latest …
It might have been last month, it might be today, or it might be next week: eventually you’re going to experience dry, low-water conditions where you live and fish. Today on the podcast, I’m not going to delve into the science (or politics) of the conditions. What I do want to explore is how fish …
If you’re only attending fly fishing film festival screenings, you’re missing out on some top-notch angling media. If you’re only watching Star Wars and Marvel on your Disney+ subscription, you’re also missing out on some top-notch angling media. Because one of the finest short films to document the fisherman is the 1942 picture entitled, How …
How do you talk about fly fishing? Over the years I’ve sold fly fishing gear, taught fly casting, and instructed teens in fly fishing. Recently, I’ve taken a few opportunities to write about fly fishing and talk about it on a podcast. The more I talk about fly fishing, the more I think about how …
