When you first feel the hit of a swung fly from a steelhead, you’d better have your fly rod ready. No, seriously, you need to be ready for that first hammer! You should be ready for that fish to pull out 100 yards of line. One solid tip to help you prepare for this....... Make sure your rod tip...
I show you how to use the RIO Products Fly Line Cleaning Towelette in today's quick fly fishing video. If you haven't seen these little guys yet you'll be happy you checked this one out. Click here to watch the Fly Line Cleaning Video: I noted another more detailed way to clean your fly line in this video in case your...
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...
Have you ever thought about what your fly looks like to a fish under water? Yeah, I know…. we all have. But, have you figured out how to control the fly so it is displayed in the best position possible to entice a fish to strike? Do you know what the best presentation is for fish? Hint: Allowing the fish...
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...
It sometimes sounds like a good idea to get out in your boat and cover as much water as possible. But Trey Combs noted in a recent interview I did with him that one of his biggest tips is to get to know one steelhead run so well that you can identify each pebble. So you can identify each boulder...
Do you remember the greatest fly fishing movie of all time? Yeah, I'm sure you do - A River........, well you know the rest. If not, watch the video clip below. Remember that seen where Norman is false casting away - something about enticing a fish to rise. Well, that's not reality. In realtiy or in steelhead fly fishing reality...
Do you ever find yourself in a position where there is great water that you want to fish, but there is some big obstruction that is presenting a spey casting challenge for you? Maybe it’s a vertical bank or a bunch of trees that just doesn’t allow you to set up a good D Loop? With spey casting there are...
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...
One of the things you will learn about steelhead fly fishing is that sometimes you can put in a lot of time for one shot at a fish. That one pull that you put in 40 hours for. You will likely be logging a lot of time and effort until you get that next hookup. I want you to be ready...