The Articulate Fly23 Jul 2025

S7, Ep 64: Hot Tips for Summer Fishing: Mastering Stillwater Techniques with Mac Brown

In this episode of The Articulate Fly fishing podcast, guide and instructor Mac Brown shares game-changing stillwater fishing techniques that will revolutionize your strike detection.

With summer heat making trout fishing challenging, Mac reveals how fishing farm ponds for bluegill and bass becomes the perfect training ground for serious anglers. Learn his proven floating line method using a hand twist retrieve at 50-60 feet, positioning your rod just 1.5-2 feet off the water to master visual strike detection by watching line sag at the rod tip.

Mac explains why traditional wet flies—the backbone of American fishing before conventional tackle dominated—remain incredibly effective for both lake fishing and stream applications.

Discover how eliminating tension from your fly presentation keeps fish holding longer, giving you that crucial visual strike indicator before fish reject the fly.

These tight lining principles and wet fly techniques transfer directly to trout fishing, making this cross-training approach invaluable for developing advanced skills.

S7, Ep 20 - Practice Makes Perfect: Mac Brown on Mastering Casting Techniques

S6, Ep 130 - Casting in Color: Mac Brown's Fall Fly Fishing Strategies

S6, Ep 136 - From Arkansas to Appalachia: Fly Fishing with Mac Brown

All Things Social Media

Follow Mac on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Support the Show

Shop on Amazon

Become a Patreon Patron

Subscribe to the Podcast

Subscribe to the podcast in the podcatcher of your choice.

Advertise on the Podcast

Is our community a good fit for your brand? Advertise with us.

In the Industry and Need Help Getting Unstuck?

Check out our consulting options!

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(1107)

S8, Ep 77: From Smallmouth to Musky: Matt Reilly's Guide to Southwest Virginia's Fall Fishing

Episode OverviewOn this Southwest Virginia Fishing Report from The Articulate Fly, guide Matt Reilly of Matt Reilly Fly Fishing explains how to approach the opening weeks of fly fishing musky season a...

16 Okt 8min

S8, Ep 76: The Truth About Rod Action: Mac Brown's Guide to Better Casting Techniques

Episode OverviewOn this episode of The Articulate Fly's Casting Angles series, fly casting instructor Mac Brown of Mac Brown Fly Fish in Bryson City, North Carolina, joins host Marvin Cash to take apa...

14 Okt 11min

S8, Ep 75: Autumn Angling Insights: George Costa's Tips for Central PA's Changing Waters

Episode OverviewThis Central PA Fishing Report from The Articulate Fly, a fly fishing podcast, catches up with George Costa, manager of TCO Fly Shop in State College, Pennsylvania, for an early-fall l...

9 Okt 3min

S8, Ep 74: Pennsylvania Smallmouth Wrap-Up: Captain Brian Shumaker on Low Water and Stingy Fish

Episode OverviewIn the final Pennsylvania Smallmouth Report of the season on The Articulate Fly, Captain Brian Shumaker of Susquehanna River Guides explains how to keep putting smallmouth bass in the ...

7 Okt 9min

S8, Ep 73: REDUX: The Fight for Our Future: Land Tawney on Grassroots Advocacy and Public Lands

Episode OverviewThis award-winning episode of The Articulate Fly, which took 1st place in the 2026 Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) Excellence in Craft awards (Radio/Podcast: Conservation...

2 Okt 54min

S8, Ep 72: Casting Essentials: Mac Brown's Guide to Power and Arc

Episode OverviewOn this Casting Angles episode of The Articulate Fly, host Marvin Cash and Mac Brown, fly casting instructor at Mac Brown Fly Fish in Bryson City, North Carolina, unpack the biggest li...

30 Sep 11min

S8, Ep 71: Fall Fishing Forecast: George Costa on Streamers, Hatches and Safety Tips

Episode OverviewGeorge Costa, manager of TCO Fly Shop in State College, Pennsylvania, returns to The Articulate Fly for another Central PA Fishing Report as the region shifts firmly into fall. Recent ...

26 Sep 4min

S8, Ep 70: REDUX: Nomadic Waters and the Allure of Amazonian Peacock Bass

Episode OverviewIn this episode of The Articulate Fly, host Marvin Cash sits down with Michael Williams, owner and host of Nomadic Waters, to explain how anglers catch Amazon peacock bass on the fly a...

24 Sep 1h 15min