Fly Fishing Tips Archives

Streamer Tips to be a Better Fly Fisherman

Today’s blog and video come about as a result of literally dozens of questions sent to me each fly fishing season. I realize that fly fishing is hard … but so worth the time placed in getting better. So, below are some general and streamer tips that are backed up within the video. Take some […]

Fly Fishing Bennet Spring -Zone 2

Day two of my Missouri trip found me back on the spring at Bennet Spring State Park a little after 8am; this time I would be fly fishing Zone 2. While in catch & release season, Zone 2 is flies only. During the regular season (March to the end of October), Zone 2 is flies […]

Early January 2021-Trout Fishing-Bennet Spring-Zone 1

Welcome back … and here is hoping that 2021 is much better for you than 2020! I have to say that the start to the New Year is rocky at best. Like most of you … I spent Wednesday of this week watching a horrible scene in our Nation’s Capital. Still can’t believe what I […]

Early Autumn for Fly-Rod Smallmouth

Back home again … in Indiana; yep, we loaded up the camper last week and made the 12 hour trip from northwestern Wisconsin. To be honest, neither Vickie nor myself were ready…but we have a wedding, our oldest son, Harrison, is getting married soon and thus we left the beauty of the northern woods. After […]

Apps for the Fly Fisherman

If you haven’t noticed, we live in a high tech world. Now, I am not going to start to say that I am a techy person; short of 35 years teaching high school and all that goes with that … if given a choice, I am usually low-tech. However, I’m not stupid and will pick […]

Fly Fishing the Upper St. Croix in Mid August

If you have been following along then you know that by now, Vickie and I are stationed in NW Wisconsin; just a few miles west of Minong, Wisconsin … and just a few miles from the St. Croix, Namekagon and Totagatic Rivers. It has been an interesting past three weeks as we pulled into our […]