There is a lot that you can do at The Fly Fishing Show. Seminars, classes, and other educational opportunities are worth the price of admission. Booking trips or getting ideas for the upcoming season is a great way to kick start the year. But let’s be honest: looking at gear is one of the best …
I am not a huge fain of April Fools’ Day. Primarily for the reason that I am already quite skeptical of anything and everything I read online. But I do enjoy the yearly gags that some companies routinely roll out. Orvis’ efforts, with all the marketing power at their disposal, are usually worth a smile. …
Not all native fish are truly native. It is a gross oversimplification to assume that a brook trout in a New York stream is part of an unbroken line of char going back millennia. Although a watershed or an individual river may have historically contained a particular species of fish, there are numerous reasons why …
The gents over at the Tailer Trash Fly Fishing podcast tout themselves as “The most genuine fly fishing podcast in the world.” When they do the kind of thing that they’re doing at the Marine Discovery Center this April, they make a pretty good case for that claim. The format and/or content of T2F2 might …
I used to have regular stuff and fishing stuff. There was a hard line of demarcation that was basically drawn by where a certain article of clothing or piece of gear came from. Orvis and Cabela’s stuff was fishing stuff. Eddie Bauer and Target stuff was regular stuff. Then one day I realized that my …
In the fly fishing community, the consensus on wading gear is waders and boots. Find breathable waders that fit and pair them with a good pair of boots that fit too. This way, you not only stay dry: you stay comfortable and can move safely. For the vast majority of anglers across a wide variety …
The previous post on Casting Across explored a few quick ways to practice casting. Anyone and everyone should feel like it is okay to head out to the yard and work on fly casting. When it comes to form, there is some that is certainly better than others. When it comes to habits, there are …
Practice makes perfect. That is a great sentiment. But when you’re dealing with wind, big flies, and overhanging trees there is no such thing as perfect. However, with enough practice and on-stream experience you can get much, much better. And while river hours are nice because they translate into fish, the fish are a great …
“Hey. There are flies on your shirt.” Sometimes it happens in my first meeting of the day. Sometimes it happens as I’m in the checkout line. It even occurs as I walk down the stairs in my own home. Apparently I look like a man who doesn’t know what he’s wearing. At the bare minimum, …
For many children of the past 75 years, there was a certain rhythm to the school year. Field days, D.A.R.E. presentations, and book fairs marked the passage of educational time. Another momentous milestone, loved by some and abhorred by most, was the Presidential Fitness Test. Although there were older iterations, JFK cranked this exercise in …
