The Strangford eel was designed by me a couple of years ago for hunting sea trout on Stengford Lough which is situated on the East coast of Northern Ireland.Tied on a no 6 deep water nymph hook it is also a great pattern...
Still Going Strong, The BiColour Nymph 10 Years On.
Not much good has come from the decline of British industry.
One of the great benefits is that many of the rivers which were once treated as
sewers have recovered. Yo...
Jim Teeny is one of the most innovative fly fishermen. His famous Teeny nymph and his series of fly lines have changed the sport forever, becoming a must for every fly angler. Jim has held ten IGFA world records, and his...
We bring two new products to Euro Nymph anglers with the 2-Tone Indicator Tippet and Euro Nymph Leaders.RIO’s 2-Tone Indicator Tippet is the premium sighter tippet for Euro style nymphing (ESN). It comes in opaque, two...
PROSPECTING FOR TROUT/SALMON/STEELHEADWhen you arrive at a river you haven’t fished before, you would do well to get no closer than 30 ft. from the water’s edge. Slowly sit down ...
RIO Products makes the connection to fish easier for anglers through its lines, leaders and tippet. Adding another line using ConnectCore technology, RIO introduces an advanced new line for nymphing - the InTouch Xtreme ...
“The gaudy brilliant fly patterns, often deadly with the bright fish not long away from the sea, tempt the old fish little and the smaller flies of neutral coloration, most like the insects of the stream, are those he ...
July 4, 2010Nine days ago I fished Montana's Gallatin River when it was a foot higher and a lot browner than this (I didn't get a photo that day). Yesterday the water was a bit lower and yet--as you can see--still raging...
Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing and tying? JPN: I discovered fly-fishing at a very early age. The sport is a family heritage passed along through the generations. I stumbled upon it when I found my fathers f...
The chalkstreams of the south of England may not be the mightiest rivers in the world: they’re not raging torrents, gouging their way through mountains; in places they look almost narrow enough to hop over; they’re n...
Also known as “Fowlers Magic Dragon”, “Puff the Magic Dragon”, or just “the
Puff”, but most likely not known at all.
I suppose I have done very little to spread the news about this fly, but
that was bor...
Fd: Where did your love of making watercolors of trout come from?Carol: I moved to Dillon, Montana, a fly fishing paradise, and a friend asked me for fish and landscape paintings for a beautiful little fishing cabin that...
Trout Fly FishingHimalayan streams and rivers in India offer opportunities to target wild Brown Trout. Besides angling, the valleys along the Himalayan mountain range offer opportunities for observing rustic culture, wil...
Just float down the Roaring Fork River on any summer day and watch the bobber fest happening. Guided fly fishing trips have simply come down to getting the client into fish rather than teaching them the art of the sport...
The first time I visited the North Platte River I was heartbroken. My girlfriend at the time had just kicked me to the curb. It happened really fast and it was painful. I was in the dumps—Johnny Cash style.A good bu...
There was a damp, early-morning fog at Ed and Helen Nelson's Spring Creek Ranch, a few miles south and across the river from Armstrong Spring Creek, near Livingston, Montana. This was to be the first of three guiding day...
Trout fishing invites one to meditate and at the same time gives us the chance of understanding the deep meaning of a sunrise, the trees, or the wind on our faces.The quilted moss over the rocks turns into an ideal site ...
In Taupo we are blessed with some of the best fly fishing in the world. Where else can you have a different and unique fly fishing experience every day for a week? Sure there are other places famous for monster trout, ...
When you’re out on a skiff your boat bag is your magicians’ kit, your source of angling sustenance, your lifeline when things go awry on deck. http://bit.ly/1dE9FDeFor a while you can get by with all kinds of stuff ...
Fd: How did you first get into fly fishing?Göran: I was born with it. My father was a fly fisherman and he was also a rod maker in Sweden. I got my first fly rod when I was 5 years old, really early. And I was already q...
Me and my friend were not the only fly fishers who got the idea to celebrate the Iceland´s national day at 17th of June at the lake Thingvallavatn. It was warm, not windy and cloudy. Excellent conditions for fly fishin...
Now that we can officially call it Winter, it doesn’t mean the Trout stop feeding. The locals here in the Vail valley are very savvy when it comes to knowing what gear to use when hitting the mountain on any given day....
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about the origins of fly fishing in your country? There are lots of interesting and uncommon species for fly fishing in Czech republic besides typical brown trout, rainbow trout, grayling and br...
Presentation – Success in low
and clear riversThis was an account of a week when I had been guiding Kelvin. He has been out with me a number of times and I have to say his fly fishing has improved so much in a year tha...
Fd: How were your beginnings in fly fishing?Andy: I began learning to cast when I was just five years old. My father taught me in a field near our home, just 30 minutes from the river Dove in Derbyshire, England. I was...
Carefully exploring the shores and tails of deep pools or the borders of runs is the best way of finding a big trout, because those are their favorite hunting spots.A while ago, watching a European video about mayflies a...
With the fly tying season well into stride, my fly tying classes featured a week on using CDC.The students were amazed when I did the powerpoint presentation which showed close up views of the cdc, which enabled them to ...
Anglo American, the London-based company which owned a 50 percent share in the Pebble Mine project slated for Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed, announced Monday it was pulling out of the venture.While Pebble Mine's origin...
Why
leave the river feeling stumped when you could have pumped??
Using a stomach pump
is a very controversial subject among fly fisherman/women. Walking up to the
register of a fly shop with a stomach p...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how you got the idea of setting up a fly-fishing guide service? In the beginning my plan was just to open only fly-fishing school. However, in the end I decided to offer my guests a full s...
Fd: How did you get into fly fishing? Thom: I was raised to love the water, particularly the ocean. My father had me in SCUBA gear by the time I was 13. I became PADI certified in 1972. With this background, my wife boug...
Retired basketball coach and talented chair thrower Bobby Knight is adamant the best fish catcher ever mass-produced is Orvis’ TeQueely Streamer. He made the claim back in spring of 2012 while speaking to an audience o...
To My Fellow Fly Fishing Nuts;Hello from a beautiful Spring Day in B.C. that’s screaming; Yard Work, Spring Cleaning, Spring Skiing, and Golf at me at the same time. It’s all helping me re enter society after another...
Bend Back Sand EelThere is a sea loch near me called Loch Fleet. It is great for sea trout (sea run browns). They hang around the weed beds so I wanted something reasonably weedless for them. Some time ago I bought some ...
Michael and Joe Brooks—the great-nephews of the late Joe Brooks—developed the original idea for making this film on a river in New Zealand. Both Michael and Joe are avid and accomplished fly fishers. They have known ...
Ten days have passed since I returned from Lake Strobel and I still have dreams about the strikes by the rainbow trout that live there. A cast towards a visible school of fish followed by a very slow stripping of the fly...
Fd: How did it all began for you regarding Art and Fly Fishing? Michael: Fly fishing and Art came together early in my life. My father, Walter A. Simon was an artist who encouraged my efforts from the time I was 5 or 6...
I’ve heard people talk badly about lake fishing many times. There’s no doubt fishing in the river is the top expression of fly fishing, but that doesn’t mean lake fly fishing can’t give us unforgettable moments....
Without even thinking about it I was back at the Jurassic Lake plateau. By observing the lava surroundings of the green pond I had a strong feeling that in this basaltic plateau, deeply eroded by the winds, there is some...
If you had asked me, when I was my son’s age, what I wanted to be doing when I was 62 years old, I would have laughed at you. First, because I’d never be that old. Then, I would have described to you, more or less, e...
Bistra and
Ljubija are right tributaries of the marsh beauty Ljubljanica , which connect to it at
Vrhnika city and are home to the indigenous species of beautiful brown trout,
elegant grayling and magnificent Huchen (Dan...
Fly Tyer, Spring 1988Fast Sinking Streamers"Aren't there any good sculpin patterns that don't have the deer hair head," I asked? "You bet," said George Kelly. "I've got one I call the Foxy Lady and I really believe in i...
I will speak about the fishing in a few lines but let me tell you something else. After some years of travelling slowly over “The Plateau of the Death” (La Meseta de la Muerte”), the local name of the Strobel field...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about your beginnings? My passion for fishing was born from an early age, but after changing many techniques, I (Luigi Mautino) devoted myself entirely to fly fishing. Later on, I decided to cre...
Below we expose those we consider
are most important, might help you know the region a little more and may make
you choose it as your next fly fishing destination.
1.
San Martín de los Andes. The perfect town progra...
Fd: What are your roots in fly fishing? Where did you start? I have always loved to fish. My parents are Canadian, and I grew up spending my summers sitting on a dock, casting endlessly for little bass. I learned to fly...
It was a beautiful morning, the kind of morning that you just get the feeling that large, beautiful trout are on the prowl. The kind of morning where legends are made, and stories are born. It all sta...
Brian O’Keefe is one of the world’s most remarkable anglers and photographers, having had photographs published in the most important periodicals and magazines. The Catch Magazine, co-founded by Todd Moen and Brian, ...
Fd: Before we get to techniques, how did you first get into carp fly fishing?Dan: I went on a trip to Colorado with my Dad, Uncle and Brother. On a bit of a lark we took a fly fishing class and half day of guided trout f...
With it's sail-like dorsal fin, iridescent markings and dotted with spectacular patterns, the Arctic Grayling is one of the most unusual and beautiful fish of Alaska.The Arctic grayling comes in a wonderfully wide array ...