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Last Cast of the Week, 6/1/2018

Most Fridays on Casting Across are  devoted to other people’s contributions in the fly fishing community. Articles, pictures, social media accounts, videos, podcasts, products, and more will be featured on The Last Cast of the Week. Today, I’m sharing items from Orvis, Tenkara USA, National Fly Fishing Championships / Bend News 21. If you’d like …

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Why I Caved & Bought High-End Fly Fishing Nippers

After threatening to do it for over a year, I finally did it. I bought a pair of high-end, premium, expensive fly fishing nippers. For years I’ve used whatever. Usually this meant cheaply made, free, serviceable nippers. They performed well in the context of their primary function: they nipped tippet material. Even the dodgiest pair …

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Last Cast of the Week, 5/11/2018

Most Fridays on Casting Across are  devoted to other people’s contributions in the fly fishing community. Articles, pictures, social media accounts, videos, podcasts, products, and more will be featured on The Last Cast of the Week. Today, I’m sharing items from   Hatch Magazine, Onesimus Fly Rods, & Outside. If you’d like to be featured in …

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Net Worth: Sealing the Deal in Fly Fishing

If you think about it, simply carrying a net while fly fishing is like a personal vote of confidence. By bringing it with you, you’re essentially saying, “today I am going to need this, because I am going to catch a fish.” This doesn’t necessarily mean that the net is the motivational speaker of fly …

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Photo Contest: #myvedavoo

Hey… that’s my stuff! And why is a handful of my fly fishing gear laid out in a photogenic and organized manner? Vedavoo’s #myvedavoo photo contest, of course. The whole point of the contest is to show how different people use their gear. If you’re anything like me, you are into the stuff of fly …

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Last Cast of the Week, 4/13/2018

Most Fridays on Casting Across are  devoted to other people’s contributions in the fly fishing community. Articles, pictures, social media accounts, videos, podcasts, products, and more will be featured on The Last Cast of the Week. Today, I’m sharing items from  Tenkara USA,  Trident Fly Fishing, & RepYourWater/Hank Patterson. If you’d like to be featured …

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Finest Fly Tying Benches: Everything In Its Place

For most fly tiers, tools and materials are limited to what can be purchased commercially. And with more products than the rest of the fly fishing industry combined, there are a lot of options for tiers. But what if something isn’t just right? You’d need to be able to dye your own bucktails, breed your …

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The Perfect Small Stream Fly Rod?

There is no perfect small stream fly rod. Various rod manufacturers and publications have declared they have the rod for fly fishing on high mountain streams or small meadow creeks. Such superlatives draw in attention (and customers). As is the case with medium-sized  or large rivers, there is no perfect small stream fly rod. It is …

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VIDEO: Risen Fly Genesis

When I found out about the Genesis rod series from Risen Fly Fishing, I was excited to get my hands on it. What happened when I received the 9′ 5-weight and took it out to cast? My anticipation was well founded. Reason being, the Genesis is  A) a value, and B) flexible. In terms of …

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Last Cast of the Week, 3/23/2018

Most Fridays on Casting Across are  devoted to other people’s contributions in the fly fishing community. Articles, pictures, social media accounts, videos, podcasts, products, and more will be featured on The Last Cast of the Week. Today, I’m sharing items from Cheeky/AFFTA, Trident Fly Fishing, &  North Arkansas Fly Fishers. If you’d like to be …

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