Fly Tying

• Mojo Sculpin
  The Mojo Sculpin earned its name and a permanent place in the box the past couple seasons, turning the trick on early spring pre-spawn rainbows…
• Fly of the Month: Skwala (part 2)
  Prior to the writings of G.E.M Skues emphasizing the importance of the nymph, most of the old English wetflies and Yorkshire spiders were dressed to…
• Fly of the Month: Skwala
  In the West, skwala stoneflies signal the beginning of the year’s parade of water-born insects and are a real opportunity for hatch-matching while there is…
• Homemade Shanks with Jeff Mishler
  There are many commercially made shanks available, but customizing mine by cutting the shank to the right length proved to be a huge benefit when…

Atlantic Salmon

• Episode 66 – David Bishop
  https://www.spreaker.com/user/11272357/episode-066 I got the chance to speak with David Bishop this week. Listen in as we discuss fishing at two-years-old, the beauty of casting, working…
• The Last Salmon
  I sometimes feel as if Angler #1 (Dry Fly Guy) is perched on my left shoulder and Angler #2 (Bottom Ranger) sits on my right…
• Terminal Thinking
  Terminal thinking seems especially prevalent as we contemplate the changes to our lives in a post-COVID-19 world. It’s a tough time to be a swinger…
• A Handful of Flies from the Kola Peninsula: Part I
  The Belousiha River Lodge is a small fishing camp on Russia’s Kola Peninsula.

Great Lakes

• Adding Movement to the Swung Fly
  Controlling fly speed and depth through casting angle and line manipulation typically provides the presentation enhancements that result in success.
• Spey Casting Class with Rick Kustich & Topher Browne!
  Don't miss this one of a kind opportunity to improve your casting with Rick and Topher!
• Outfitters North
  "It's great to see the fly fishing community putting more of a focus on us as Great Lakes steelheaders and designing these products for the…
• Sink-Tip Leaders
  How long should the distance be between the end of the sinking tip or sinking leader and the fly?

International

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• An Adventure in Argentina
  Southern Patagonia is known for its windy days.
• The P.T. Slow Swing
  So simple and so effective, I cannot say how often it‘s saved my day, from my rivers at home, to along the classic rivers in…
• The Green Machine and the Rio Grande
  Last January, Michael and I finally stood on the banks of the Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego. Like always, we booked on a relatively…
• Skjern Å: A Real Life Fairy Tale
  Like the ugly duckling from Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale, there is a hint of metaphor in my small story about a “ditch” that,…

Spey Casting

• Book Review: Single-Handed Spey Casting by Simon Gawesworth
  Simon Gawesworth has come to your rescue with a multitude of options in the second edition of Single-Handed Spey Casting: Solutions to Casts, Obstructions, Tight…
• One-Hand Spey
  One-hand Spey combines the elegant rhythm of Spey fishing with the versatility of a light rod that can be enjoyably controlled and fished with a…
• Linespeed Jedi Exclusive: Creating Tension
  Mr. Linespeed is back with some really valuable help on creating and using tension in your spey casts.
• Off the Cuff: Setup vs. Forward Stroke?
  Kaptain Kanudia is back with a quick observation that is sure to help your casting!

Trout Spey

• Guide Gossip #12: When Do You Go Subsurface?
  As a guide or avid angler, you start to learn the river intimately and eventually figure out what works. What you are left with is…
• Swinging for Grayling
  Casting a light skagit head made the fishing methodical – swinging the riffles and dropping my fly into seams produced a dozen or so fish,…
• Adding Movement to the Swung Fly
  Controlling fly speed and depth through casting angle and line manipulation typically provides the presentation enhancements that result in success.
• Pick Your Water
  Our guide felt that anglers are more successful if they stick to one type of water and fish it well instead of trying to fish…

West Coast

• Guide Gossip #12: When Do You Go Subsurface?
  As a guide or avid angler, you start to learn the river intimately and eventually figure out what works. What you are left with is…
• Icons: Mike Kinney
  Mike Kinney, known as the “Godfather of Skagit” to many, is quietly and humbly one of the most respected legends of Pacific Northwest steelheading.
• Icons: John Shewey
  ertainly at the same time—in Oregon, Washington, BC, and on other streams in CA—fly anglers were succeeding in catching these enigmatic fish on flies, but…
• Guide Gossip #11: The Most Difficult Thing About Steelhead Fishing
  I believe people who chose to fish for steelhead with a swung fly choose more than just the species itself. It is about the connection…