How to Target Big Trout with Andrew Steketee of FlyLab
How to target big trout: night movement, pod hierarchy, heavy tippet, medium-action rods, and the approach mistakes that put trophy browns down before you ever cast.
How to target big trout: night movement, pod hierarchy, heavy tippet, medium-action rods, and the approach mistakes that put trophy browns down before you ever cast.
Four trout rivers meet in Twin Bridges, Montana, with spring creeks filling in around them. What spring creek fishing demands, and how to swing streamers to staging fall browns.
A float guide's approach to the upper Colorado River: how deep to run an indicator or a dry dropper, when weight beats fly choice, and why a streamer has to...
Swinging flies for trout on a two-hander: which rod weights and lines to carry, how to step a long run, when to move the fly, and how to keep breathable...
Backcountry lakes in the Alberta and BC Rockies: where the fish sit, why stripping a balanced leech beats hanging one, and how pack rafts open water you cannot walk to.
A disputed world record catch becomes a walkthrough of what IGFA actually requires - certified tippet, the official bump board, one fly, and the photos that make or break a...
A guide with 27 years on the Colorado River explains where the fish actually are on a float, how to read eddy lines from the oars, and the dry-dropper rig...
A South Island guide breaks down how sight fishing for big New Zealand brown trout actually works, from training your eyes to leader construction, approach distance and pace.
A short tip on resetting a dry dropper without recasting - lift the rod tip to pull the dry back, feed slack, and drop the nymph deeper in the column.
A Sharpie and two minutes is the cheapest gear insurance in fly fishing. Where to mark fly boxes, wading boots, packs and bags so lost gear finds its way back...
Roll cast mechanics, aerial mends, the railroad-track rule, hauling for saltwater distance, and why line management - not fly choice - separates anglers who catch fish from anglers who don't.
Roosterfish tactics from Muertos Bay: which rod weight for which size fish, why the retrieve has to be brutally fast, and the month of casting practice that pays for the...
Fine tippet and aging eyes are a rough combination. Wrapping the clinch knot around forceps instead of fingers keeps the knot fast and repeatable on 5X and small flies.
Landing a bonefish without a reel looks impossible until you see the geometry. The fishing triangle keeps steady pressure on the fish and keeps the rod out of its tip...
Most anglers thread a fly rod tippet-first, then watch the tippet blow around and slip back through six guides. A doubled loop of fly line fixes both problems.
Plenty of nets ship with measurement marks, but the number that actually matters is the one that means a good fish on your home water. Here is how to add...
A forward mend shortens your nymph depth going into a riffle; a back mend drops the flies over the shelf into the deep water. Here is how a drift boat...
Lone Bison designer Cris Jackson walks through the steps for choosing the right fly table, then talks through the fishing opportunities across the Ozarks.
A tackle historian on the three rare reels found in the Big Springs Museum's Seth Green room, and on buying a split bamboo rod that casts well for around $150.
Chris Daughters of the Caddis Fly Shop in Eugene, Oregon walks through fishing Oregon's McKenzie River and breaks down what modern fly lines do differently.