Catchy Ideas: Weedless Fly Mods
Warmwater and saltwater fly fishers can find themselves casting flies into places riddled with snags. Whether it’s bonefish…
Robert Ketley
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Catchy Ideas: Test Drive Your Flies
Most of us judge a fly by its appearance. Are the proportions correct, does it use the right…
Catchy Ideas: A Much Closer Look at Knots
What exactly happens when knots fail?
Catchy Ideas: Surfcasting
Fly casting is one of the great joys and great frustrations of fly fishing. If you can make…
Catchy Ideas: Alternative Tubes
Take a look at many fly-tying catalogs, especially those from companies on the West Coast, and you’ll no…
Catchy Ideas: Reading Watersheds
There are plenty of articles that explain how to read the water, helping you figure out where the…
Catchy Ideas: Clippy, the Bendable Fly
Many of us make changes to a fly pattern, either to enhance a specific attribute or because we…
Catchy Ideas: Slinging Sinkers
One of the hurdles faced by fly fishers is figuring out how to cast full sinking lines. You…
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: Giants
Ask most fly fishers about big f lies, and they’ll probably tell you about their October Caddis dries,…
