The CatchGuide Blog
Hacking Fly Fishing
Kayak Hacks
Reading Trout Water (Part 1)
Recall the old saying, “10% of the water holds 90% of the fish.” Finding the magic 10% is made easier through understanding the basic structure of a stream.
Inshore Fly Fishing 101
Here’s everything you need to know about getting started fly fishing inshore.
Forceps Knots – The Kreh Loop
How to quickly tie the Kreh loop knot using your fishing forceps
Matching the Hatch Basics
Everything you need to know about matching the hatch for fly fishing
Packing Heat! Hot Flies!
Not concealed weapons, but something infinitely more important and precious – hot flies! Just as a pistol requires a unique size holster, different flies require storage containers with specific characteristics as well as an overall organization strategy.
Filling Your Fly Box for the First Time
There they sit, quietly organized in small cubbyholes, full of muted promise. But is that fly designed to catch more anglers than trout?
Fly Type Basics (Part 2)
Part 2 of fly fishing fly types. This post covers emergers, midges, worms, and poppers.
Fly Type Basics (Part 1)
Before I took up fly fishing, I knew about black flies, horse flies, tsetse flies and vaguely remembered nymphs from Greek mythology. Fly fishing flies? Well, here is part 1 of the basics.
Fishing Bike Build – For Beach or Trail
With hard packed sand at low tide making it easy for a beach bike ride, I built a beach bike to move quickly with my bike fishing rod carrier and accessories. I use a milk crate on a bike fishing rack with saddlebags for my bike fishing bag.
