Catchy Ideas: When the Fishing Gets Tough
How each of us defines fishing success varies. For some, the number of fish caught is the primary…
Catchy Ideas
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Catchy Ideas: Giants
Ask most fly fishers about big f lies, and they’ll probably tell you about their October Caddis dries,…
Catchy Ideas: Line Management
While the right rod and reel are certainly important in fly fishing, it is the fly line that…
Catchy Ideas: Threadbare Flies
As anyone with more than a passing interest in fly fishing knows, the process of making flies is…
Catchy Ideas: Underwater
Every so often, a new technology comes along that changes our understanding of how things are. Galileo’s telescope,…
Catchy Ideas: Livebait
Spend enough time fishing around conventional-tackle bass anglers, and you are bound to hear about big swimbaits. These…
Catchy Ideas: The Perfect Leader
Unless you are new to fly fishing, the subject of leaders has probably occupied some of your time.…
Catchy Ideas: Why Fish Say ‘‘No’’
One of the strange joys of fly fishing is you are often forced to think while you fish.…
Catchy Ideas: Blooms
It’s hard not to get blown away by the clarity of Lake Tahoe’s waters. Peering into the depths,…
Catchy Ideas: Hands
The majority of fly fishers pursue trout in streams and seldom use a fly rod on other waters…