Catchy Ideas: Smart Bass A largemouth bass in a local pond or lake may be the smartest fish you’ll ever face. No… byRobert KetleyJuly 1, 2025
Catchy Ideas: Fishy Behavior While luck certainly plays a role in fly fishing, there’s no question that the more you know about… byRobert KetleyApril 1, 2025
Catchy Ideas: Weedless Fly Mods Warmwater and saltwater fly fishers can find themselves casting flies into places riddled with snags. Whether it’s bonefish… byRobert KetleyJanuary 3, 2025
Catchy Ideas: Test Drive Your Flies Most of us judge a fly by its appearance. Are the proportions correct, does it use the right… byRobert KetleyOctober 7, 2024
Catchy Ideas: A Much Closer Look at Knots What exactly happens when knots fail? byRobert KetleyJuly 4, 2024
Catchy Ideas: Surfcasting Fly casting is one of the great joys and great frustrations of fly fishing. If you can make… byRobert KetleyOctober 1, 2023
Catchy Ideas: Alternative Tubes Take a look at many fly-tying catalogs, especially those from companies on the West Coast, and you’ll no… byRobert KetleyJune 1, 2023
Catchy Ideas: Reading Watersheds There are plenty of articles that explain how to read the water, helping you figure out where the… byRobert KetleyJune 1, 2023
Catchy Ideas: Clippy, the Bendable Fly Many of us make changes to a fly pattern, either to enhance a specific attribute or because we… byRobert KetleyApril 1, 2023
Catchy Ideas: Slinging Sinkers One of the hurdles faced by fly fishers is figuring out how to cast full sinking lines. You… byRobert KetleyFebruary 1, 2023