Tips for Top Fly Fishing from a New Zealand Guide
It has been quite noticeable over 25 years of guiding that fly fishers rarely practice their casting techniques from one year to the next, often leaving any practice to only when they fish. Fortuna...
Fly Fishing - The 5 Essentials of Good Fly Casting
Bill Gammels 5 Essentials of Good Fly Casting. I have always maintained that if you want to improve your fly fishing the place to focus your effort is on improving your fly casting and presentation...
Graphite Fly Rods (Carbon Fibre) vs Fiberglass Fly Rods
If you are looking to get a picture of the differences between Graphite fly rods and Fiberglass fly rods, Joe Mahler has the lowdown. Of course, here in New Zealand we refer to these materials a li...
7 Tips to Increase Your Fly Casting Distance
Add 10 feet to your fly cast - pronto! Somewhere along the line who hasn’t wanted to cast just a little further. While this isn’t intended to be a lesson on all out distance casting
Inherit the Wind - Tips for casting in windy conditions
Wind, in many great fishing destinations, is always a factor. While it can make fly casting challenging, the wind also has its advantages, such as being able to get closer to the fish without spook...
5 tips to improve your fly fishing.
Be the best you can be. When it comes to fly fishing, most of our failures are due to poor casting skills. Practice makes perfect. Make those fancy presentation mends and accuracy casts second natu...