Catchy Ideas: Giants
Ask most fly fishers about big f lies, and they’ll probably tell you about their October Caddis dries,…
Robert Ketley
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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…
Rockfish on Flies
Ask most California anglers about fishing for rockfish, and those who have tried it will likely recount their…
Indicator Fly Fishing for Halibut
We published this story 14 years ago, and the techniques and tackle that it described remain successful for…
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…
Gearhead: Gear You May Need
When I took over the “Gearhead” column, I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d be writing about. Fly fishing…
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.…