Winter fishing isn’t for everyone: bitter cold, sluggish fish, and short days are enough to keep a good number of anglers off the river until at least March. But that doesn’t mean hitting the water between the months of. . .
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Videos: How to Swing for Great Lakes Steelhead
Many steelhead anglers consider swinging flies the ultimate way to catch these silver rockets, and more and more Great Lakes anglers are adopting the technique. Here are two great how-to . . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: Keep Feeding the Fish
You can waste a lot of time fishing over trout that have been spooked (and are thus not feeding), but sometimes they surprise us, and persistence can pay off. Watch as Amelia Jensen works a large brown trout, loses it in a . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Stay Away from Redds
I often get asked, “what does a trout redd look like?” Above is a picture I snapped last week on the South Holston River while floating through a tailout. The redd, or the bed, is circled. Most of our large brown trout are in peak spawn at the moment. . . .
Read MorePodcast: Seasons of the Striper, with Bill Sisson
[Interview starts at 27:29] Bill Sisson is the founding editor of Angler’s Journal magazine and his recently published book, Seasons of the Striper, is an elegant pictorial love letter to striped bass fishing. Bill has seen many changes in the striped bass fishery over the years, and his family goes back for generations of striped-bass … Continue reading “Podcast: Seasons of the Striper, with Bill Sisson”
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: The Simplest Nymph Technique of All
Fly fishers can geek out on the most subtle aspects of nymphing technique–from bead size to indicator materials to leader construction–all to achieve the most “natural” presentation, free from “micro drag” and such. This . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Time Your Fly Cast
A few years ago, the folks at Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, launched a new series about fly casting. In the latest episode, Brian Flechsig talks how you should think about rhythm and timing in fly casting. In fact, he even does away with the . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: 12 Ways to Improve Your Sight-Fishing Success
Being able to consistently see fish–before they see you–is one of the most underrated skills in fly-fishing. Many anglers mistakenly give all the credit to quality sunglasses or young eyes, but ultimately spotting fish is more. . .
Read MoreMaster Class Monday: How to Prospect with Streamers on Big Rivers
Finding trout in big rivers requires an angler to cover a lot of water, and you can make the job easier by identifying the most likely spots that hold fish. In this great video, Dave and Amelia Jensen show how they fish streamers on a stretch that includes . . .
Read MorePodcast: All About Midges, with Rick Hafele
I get a lot of questions about midges and their life cycle, so I thought I would invite a professional entomologist to give us an overview of these insects and how to imitate them. Rick Hafele has not only been an entomologist all his working life, but . . .
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