The Drift - Fly Fishing, Fly Casting and Fly Rod Building

The Hunt for Sea Trout on Sweden’s West Coast

A full day on the Swedish west coast chasing sea trout — from chaos in the evening to silence in the morning, and finally, everything coming together when it matters. It’s cold — the kind of ...

Back to Bonefish: A Simpler Way to Fish the Flats

After 45 years of some pretty serious flats fishing fun, I have slowly evolved into a much simpler kind of tropical angler, specifically when it comes to bonefish. Back in the day, I bummed around ...

Lucky Seven: Could the 7-Weight Be Your Go-To Fly Rod?

In fly fishing, we love categories—five-weights for trout, eight-weights for bonefish, heavier for tarpon, lighter for spring creeks. The seven-weight, overlooked and underrated, sits quietly in be...

Trout Hunting with Bob Wyatt

Bob Wyatt’s Trout Hunting is back. A limited-edition run of just 200 autographed hardback copies. First published over 20 years ago, it’s one of those rare fly fishing books that quietly reshaped h...

Fly Casting - Sharpen Your Shooting

Double your line length in a single cast without false casting Any fly fisher knows that stripping in and lengthening - or “shooting” line - is part of the fly-fishing process. Understanding how an...