The height of your fly tying vise is important. When you tie flies, make sure that your that your vise is at the right height. Adjusting Your Fly Tying Vise I find that my vise needs to be just below my eye level. Low vises will create neck strain. Too high and you’ll experience arm and Read more about Get Your Fly Tying Vise the Right Height[…]
How long should a fly rod be? Several years ago, there was a big trend toward short rods. If you look at the fly rod designs for today you’ll notice that many rods are in the 8′ to 9′ range. So how long should your rod be? Fly Rod Length: Distance and Control It comes Read more about How long should your fly rod be?[…]
One of the things I noticed when I started reading fly tying tips and fly fishing tips was that they were solutions to problems. How do you attach biot tails? One author thinks it’s easy. Another thinks it needs a page and a half. Some instructions recommend using a turn of dubbing to separate the Read more about Tying and Thinking: Tying Flies Using the Brain[…]
The best day in a fly fisherman’s life is often when the fish are rising. On a lake or pond it’s often at dusk or just before dawn when the mosquitos and other insects start to get active. You begin to see little rings of ripples on the water. Here’s one…there another. It’s the fish Read more about Fly Fishing to a Rise: Where to Put the Fly[…]
Fly fishing is often a catch and release sport. Occasionally, you have to pick up a fish to remove a hook. To keep a fish from struggling while lifting it, turn it’s belly up. This results in a temporary paralysis. Better yet, if you’re going to catch and release, don’t touch the fish at all, use the Read more about Fly Fishing: The Easy Lift for Catch and Release[…]