New to tight lining? Then staring at the bright piece of colored line is a good place to start. But when you gain some skills for reading the angle and speed of the sighter, when you can quickly gauge contact with your nymphs by glancing at the sag of the sighter,...
** This is part two of a Troutbitten article series covering common questions about the Mono Rig. The first article, Lines, Rigging and the Skeptics, is found here. ** Before digging in, let's define the terms . . . The Mono Rig The Mono Rig is a long leader fly...
This is part three of my conversation with George Daniel, author and guide at Livin' on the Fly. We had lunch to talk about his new book, Nymph Fishing. If you haven’t yet read part one and part two of this short series, back up and give them a read. ....
The advantages of a Tenkara presentation are not exclusive or unique to Tenkara itself, and in fact, the same benefits are achieved just as well — and often better — with a long fly rod and (gasp) a reel. I bought a Tenkara rod for my young boys a few years ago,...
My best days on the water are usually full of changes. The morning fog burns off, and I switch from streamers to nymphs; a half hour later, a swirling back eddy looks like the home of the next nameable brown trout (two footer), and I go back to...
A decade ago I learned about euro-nymphing, and I was impressed with the rig. I gradually made the switch from a Joe Humphreys nymphing style, worked my way through the short line tactics, then lengthened the leader and learned to fish at distance.  I believe...