Giving Thanks, 2025
A short blurb for a short episode: As I have done for a few years, I'm taking time this Thanksgiving week to share some things for which I'm thankful. Since you're listening to my podcast, there is ...
28 Marras 202523min
2025 Official Fly Fishing Gift Guide
Notice that this is not the "2025 Official Fly Fishing List of Products." Those are all fine and good. But I'm doing something just a little bit different this season. Today I'm sharing five ways to ...
21 Marras 202524min
The Humble Net
It is just a net. Yes. But it is more than just a net when you need to land that big fish. Today I walk through a few net basics: shapes, sizes, materials. I also discuss a few techniques, best pract...
14 Marras 202527min
Don't Blame the Wind
Heat, cold, and high water make fly fishing tricky. Wind makes fly fishing downright difficult. The physics of a fly cast and windy conditions are at odds with one another, impacting our particular k...
7 Marras 202526min
Ten Years
Well, I'm still here. Ten years after putting a little orange and grey website about fly fishing together I continue to do my darndest with three posts a week on the people, places, and things that g...
31 Loka 202528min
Can Confidence Catch Fish?
What are confidence flies? Of course, it is a thing people say. But is it a real thing? I maintain that it is. And these flies don't only give you a leg up when you're fishing them: I think that we c...
24 Loka 202524min
Midge Miscellany
After perusing a handful of books about tying and fishing midges, and in anticipation of turning to these tiny flies for much of my winter angling, I thought I'd share a potpourri of midge information...
17 Loka 202525min
Used Fly Fishing Gear
It is awfully nice to be the first one to unwrap the plastic from a smooth cork handle or to wipe the excess factory grease from a disc drag. It is also nice to save a few hundred bucks. In this ins...
10 Loka 202528min
