Geartalk

New Books: A Fishable Feast Has Arrived

Food and travel. When I’d come home, sure, I’d fondly remember the fish battles, but what really stuck with me were the flavors...

Gear

Whither the Double Taper?

From a practical point of view, the only advantage a weight-forward line has over a double-taper is the ability to cast long distances–say, over 75 feet.

News

Could Fly Casting Be An Olympic Sport?

Granted, fly casting isn’t exactly born of the warrior tradition of the ancient Greeks, but it’s still about a stick and a string.

Woman rowing a drift boat, a man casting.

Skills

Some Fly Casting Mistakes and Solutions

In a mechanically sound casting stroke, the elbow moves up on the backcast and down on the forward cast.

Man with dry flies in his summer river hat.

Bugs

A Fabulous Trick For CDC Flies

Simon Chu, my good friend, teaching colleague and expert guide from New Zealand, told me about a simple trick for reviving cdc…

Two young girls sitting in a drift boat with a rainbow trout in the net and water.

News

Take a Kid Fishing

Why is taking a kid fishing so transformative, and why should you do it?

The Fly Fishing Show

We had a chance to pop into the Denver Fly Fishing Show over the weekend, which always serves as a true barometer for the state of the sport.

Two men fishing to a large, visible trout on the Bighorn River in MT.

Skills

An Observation on Observation

One of the acute differences I see between professional anglers and amateurs is in their respective approaches and entry to water they’re about to fish.