Box after box of fly line lies on the shelf. But are they really different? Taper diagrams show where the line weight is concentrated. A quality fly line is much more than taper, though. You should choose a fly line for both the type and location of your fishing. Select a sinking fly line to Read more about The Science of Fly Line Building[…]

The Caney Fork River is a tailwater (a river flowing from a dam) that begins at the Center Hill Dam close to Lancaster, TN, and flows down to just outside Gordonsville, TN.  The river map below is from Canoe the Caney at http://www.canoethecaney.com/the-river/river-map.html. This is about an hour outside Nashville, TN off I-40. There are several Read more about Caney Fork River – Scouting Trip Report #1[…]

Charlie Craven has an excellent article in this issue of Fly Fisherman about thread. He concludes pretty much what you’ll find from a little tying: threads are very different–some flat, some round, some heavy, some not. He also demonstrates why neither the “aught” system 3/0, 6/0, 8/0, etc. nor the denier measurement (which is the Read more about Everything You Wanted to Know About Tying Thread…and more…[…]

I’ve bought a couple of books to learn what the aquatic insects I’m tying look like, but I haven’t found any really good, single place that has great photos. Until now. I started out looking up “blood midge.” Here’s the photo: And now I see why using red tubing is such a great imitation. Also Read more about What am I tying here?[…]

Ok, so I’ve been fly fishing a long time. And I’ve hung a fly in a tree a lot of times. But I didn’t know this trick. Hopefully, I won’t get a chance to try it (because I won’t hang a fly in a tree), but if I do, this is the way I’ll get Read more about How to Get a Fly Out of a Tree – Video Tip[…]

Here’s a great article from Hatches Magazine (free) on choosing the right fly. The Big Fly Fishing Debate If you ask me, there are really two schools of thought in fly fishing. There’s the “presentation” crowd, which centers around a few patterns and holds that you don’t need a fly box full to catch fish. Read more about Choosing the Right Fly[…]