New Fly Guy

Learn from my mistake hauling my fly rod

What I learned about casting

You should get this months issue of Field & Stream if the only thing you read is the article by John Merwin titled, “The Ultimate Line Experiment.”  John discusses the best knots to use for different situations and completed a thorough regimen of strength testing that reveals some surprising results. The article includes a discussion

This stuff is the same as frogs fanny floatant

Here’s what to wear when fishing for trout

The purpose of the knot is to make your tippet extend from your fly in a perpendicular direction.

Use these waders instead of hip waders

This will change the way you approach and work water

Here is a hack to make it easy to measure the length of fish