Over the years, I've taught a lot of people how to cast a single handed fly rod. By far, the biggest issue I see is breaking your wrist. Don't get me wrong, there are times when you will move your wrist, and I'll talk about that in a bit. But, for right now, if you are struggling with your cast...
Todays Tip of the Day comes from Jack Mitchell who made a great point when he discussed a great way to find steelhead holding water by focusing your time on the Heads and Tails of runs in certain situations. Click here and listen in around the 12 minutes mark when Jack describes this tip. In certain situations when you have a...
Have you ever been on the river when one person was hammering the fish and all others were picking their nose? The dude seemed to hook up 3 or 4 times for every touch you had. Probably wondering what fly pattern he was using, right? Sometimes in fly fishing, bigger isn't always better. In fact I've found that the smaller...
Tip of the Day
WFS 394 – Fly Tying 101 with Jim Misiura – Money Saving Tips, PA Fly Fishing, Gartside Gurgler
Dave - Jim Misiura shares the story of how he created one of the largest fly tying channels on YouTube. We discover some fly tying 101 and tips on fishing Pennsylvania streams. We also get money-saving fly tying tips including this one on dumpster diving which is pretty good.
We dig into his fly tying and teaching channel and the difference between...
One of the easiest ways to loose a fish is to get so excited that you pull the fly right out of the fish's mouth. This is no different for steelhead. Next time you feel a pull of a fish from a swung fly, rememer to bow to the fish. What I mean is, instead of jerking the rod to...
Are you wasting time swinging for steelhead by taking little baby steps and fishing too slowly through a run? Or are you missing fish by taking too many steps and passing possible fish because you are moving to fast through the run? Is there a perfect speed that you can fish and cover all of the water effectively in all water...
The power of the take of a steelhead is, well...... Powerful. It can really blow you away if you aren't ready. Hell, it can really blow you away if you are ready. I've talked about a few techniques already that will help you hook and land more fish - see the Open Clinch Knot and Bow to the fish. The...
I demonstrate how to tie a bowline knot which is without doubt the greatest knot in the world. In can be used for many things but I find it most useful when I need to put a lot of pressure on it and still get the knot undone. Click Here to see how to tie the bowline knot: If you want...