The Hang Of It - Fly Fishing. Why an Emerger will out fish your dry fly any day
Fly Fishing Emergers. A semi-sunk fly projects more visible stimulus than a high and dry pattern, so it makes a lot of sense to use a design that penetrates the surface film as a ‘searching patter...
Fly Fishing: Fly Rod Ratings, Fly Line Weights and the Arms Race
At best the term “5 weight’ is used to describe the weight of fly line a given fly rod designer reckons you should be casting on their rod. But with line measurement effectively out the window, thi...
Fly Fishing - Floating Fly Lines vs Sinking Fly Lines - Which Weighs More?
Which weighs more, a floating fly line or a sinking line? It may surprise you to know that they both weigh the same - at 30 feet anyway. Or at least they should.For example, under the AFFTA system...
Fly Fishing - More thoughts on “selective" trout from Bob Wyatt
"We know that simple-brained animals like trout can’t deal with a lot of information at once, so while they are hunting they probably can’t think of much else. This isn’t selectivity but tunnel vi...
Fly Fishing / Fly Casting - the Roll Cast
Fly Casting - The Roll Cast. I can't over emphasise how important this cast is. Deceptively simple, the Roll Cast is the most useful and versatile cast there is - more so than the fundamental over...
Fly Rod Building Wrapping Guides
Fly Rod Building - Wrapping Guides. A nice clip from Epic Ambassador Norbert Renaud showing how to wrap our 888 - 8 weight FastGlass fly rod blank