Fly Fishing Insider Podcast
Winter fishing can be some of the best fishing of the year, with fewer crowds, great fish and prolific hatches. The caveat is the weather, so Christian Bacasa runs through a few ways to keep your hands warm and make the cold stop being the reason a winter day ends early.
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How do you keep your hands warm while fly fishing in winter?
Christian Bacasa covers a few ways to keep your hands warm during winter fishing. Warm hands are what make the rest of the day usable, because the weather is the main caveat to winter fishing.
Is winter worth fly fishing at all?
Winter fishing can be some of the best fishing of the year. Fewer crowds, great fish and prolific hatches are all commonplace in winter, which is the reason to solve the cold rather than stay home.
What makes winter fishing hard?
The weather is the caveat. Christian Bacasa frames cold hands as the specific problem worth fixing, since the fishing itself is often better in winter than at other points in the year.
Key takeaways
- Winter can produce some of the best fishing of the year.
- Fewer crowds, great fish and prolific hatches are common in winter.
- The weather is the main caveat to winter fishing.
- A few simple methods keep hands warm enough to keep fishing.
