I couldn’t help myself. It was a fish. It swam up from the clear depths to chase my fly. I saw the whole thing unfold before my eyes. I trout set the snot out of that striper. And, of course, that means that the striped bass pictured above is not the fish that I just …
Good old Labor Day. A day off to celebrate other days off. I know that is a gross misrepresentation… kind of… For me, there will be work today. I’ll be laboriously reading, writing, and – completely unrelated – assembling IKEA furniture. Don’t worry, I took yesterday afternoon off (to fish). And I’m taking tomorrow morning …
Fly fishing can define an experience, a personality, an event, a place. Listening to the voices of those who see such things through the lens of fly fishing can be captivating. If you fish, you’re hearing something in your own language. Hearing them can make you think, push you to do something, or just pass …
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 Risen Fly Fishing, Angling Trade / IFTD, & Boston Globe / Bradford Camps. If …
5 trout. 10 trout. 20 trout. 40ish trout? It was one of the best days of fishing that I’ve ever had. As is the case with most fly fishing, it wasn’t just about numbers. There was a whole lot more going on that contributed to the overall experience. The weather was perfect – high 70’s, …
Its a good fly, the popper. Here are a few reasons why:
“Before you even hook some of these saltwater fish, there is so much that has to go into it. Things all have to align: the moon, the tides, your fly, your cast. It is exciting, it is intense. But there is nothing like it.” That is part of the answer that Abbie Schuster, founder and …
“KER-SPLOOSH!” Before the last of the water from the aquatic eruption had fallen, one of my fishing companions let out a string of expletives. The punctuation on the end of the profanity-laden, run-on sentence was “…big fish.” It was a big fish. A big trout, to be exact. “No way. It was just a beaver,” …
Every month, thousands of anglers find a small black box in their mail. The VHS cartridge-sized container is full of fly fishing gear, stickers, articles, and, most importantly, flies. Since 2013, Postfly has been putting quality flies and fly fishing miscellany in the hands of anglers through their monthly subscription service. Far and away the …
A year and a half ago I came face to face with the possibility of living very, very close to wild trout. While out on a run, getting a little lost, a glimpse of a fish in a stream captivated me. I knew the water was cool and clean. The species of the fish was …
