I was fishing recently and decided I wanted to make a video to show others how to tight line nymph. I’ve taught many people who have never picked up a rod how to use this tactic. It’s a fantastic technique to have in your bag of tricks if you want to be more successful and diverse on the water. I’ve used it countless times when the water is skinny, fish are easily spooked, or there’s simply no room to cast. …
A couple of weeks ago I was out at the swift on a Sunday. September and October are my possibly my favorite months for fly fishing in New England. I’m especially looking forward to October. This afternoon, I only had a short amount of time to fish, so I walked to the area down from the hatchery pipe. The brook trout in this area are finally wising up, and won’t eat just any old dry fly that comes their way. …
Apologies for the lack of posts lately, but I have been busy during the last few months of summer. This is a one man show, so I’ve been trying to convince myself to write more posts. On to the more exciting news: on my most recent vacation, I was able to make time for a bit of fly fishing! Any time I find myself near a place that has even a remote potential of being a trout habitat, I have…