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Hack to Measure Fish – Stay Legal!
No need to fumble for a tape measure to check the length of your fish! Just use this simple hack and stay legal!
The Fluorocarbon Leader Rip Off
When looking at fishing leader vs line, you are liable to get ripped off. Fishing leader line is a critical part of your fishing line setup, and fishing leaders can cost a fortune for a small length unless you look at this fishing hack. Vanish fluorocarbon fishing leader is about the same as Vanish fluorocarbon line.
Easy Way to Tie on a Dropper Fly
Adding a dropper fly can be frustrating! Here is the easy instruction on how to tie on a dropper fly. Keep your sanity! Do it this way!
Easy Way to Thread Tippet on Small Flies
Most anglers tie flies onto tippet by repeatedly stabbing the tippet directly at the tiny opening in the eye of the hook. There is a more natural way that eliminates frustration, is faster and does not require magnification.
Hatch Chart 101
Typically, experts develop hatch charts through years of observation, and different people may see different things based on when they are on the stream; resulting in small differences.
The Fantastic Forceps
For the new fly angler, the forceps (aka hemostat) is an easily overlooked, critical tool. Do not make a quick purchase of the cheapest thing you can find! Examples of the wrong choices include medical hemostats or a set of needle-nose pliers masquerading in the role.
3 Quick Fly Fishing Tips
Here’s a collection of tips that don’t fit into any category and will make your journey into the sport of fly fishing more straightforward – a few lessons from my personal school of hard knocks.
The Fish Camp
As we roll up on steelhead season, many will head to “fish camps” as a part of that annual ritual. Living out of a true fish camp makes the expedition authentic – here’s the skinny.
How to Break Your Rod… and Other Dumb Stunts
Beyond the standard, broad topics easing your introduction into fly fishing, some things are only learnable on a hit-or-miss basis through the school of hard knocks. This article aims to save you some of the tuition with a few costly personal confessions.
