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Skills

Photographing Fish

Do not remove the fish from the water until the camera is ready...

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Avoiding Crowds Through Better Fly Casting

Do better fly casters catch more fish?

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Does Fly Pattern Matter?

We believe that our choice of fly is responsible for the fish that we catch, and that if we can merely find the right fly, our success will know no bounds…

Trout rising on a mountain lake, summer.

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Re-Reading the Rise

Look carefully at a riseform. Small waves are created by the movement of the fish. These waves are not uniform in height across the riseform…

Bobber and fishing line hanging from a tree over a river.

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Technical Tubing

Let’s be honest. When you’re nymph fishing with a bobber all you’re really doing is hanging onto the water tube handles.

A man casting a fly rod on a mountain lake in the summer.

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A Distance Casting Tip

An essential requirement for distance casting is that maximum acceleration of the rod occur at the end of the casting stroke.

Man casting into the wind on a high alpine lake.

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Casting Into The Wind

Wind is a fact of life in the West. If you’re going to fish out here, at some point you’ll be doing it in the wind.

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Make Friends with the Wind

Your backcast is where you load the power in the rod, and a stiff breeze will help straighten the line behind you.

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Mastering The Double Haul

Mastering the double haul allows anglers to combat wind, cast larger and heavier flies, improve accuracy with less effort and reduce strain on their casting arm.