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Catch and Release: The Big Picture
Brian Hodge of TU's Science team sits down with the facts to give us a not so simple answer. How anglers interact with a trout or salmon fishery can be, in and of itself, a conservation consideration. Questions like “How much pressure does a river get?” “How many fish are kept?” and “How are released…
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Tip – One-Shot Wonder
So, so much attention is paid to casting fancy loops overhead, forming the perfect wind-cutting “U” shape and all that, which is wonderful. But your best friend for setting up a great cast is the water right in front of you. Friction and resistance built up by pulling and lifting a fly line off the…
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The True Cast – The REAL Secret to Catching More Fish
It’s the oldest marketing “hook” in the fishing book. “This is going to help you catch more, bigger fish… guaranteed!” From baits and flies to rods and lines… hooks to books and videos, “catch more fish” are the three magic words (some would say for better or worse). Now, whether those things live up to…
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The True Cast – cheering for the fish
I Often Cheer for the Fish
I Often Cheer for the Fish The trout is sipping mayflies off the surface. The angler wades carefully into position, ties on the perfect fly, and metes out some line. He times the rises… one to the left… now to the right… then, just a few feet lower in the run. He girds himself against the…
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The True Cast: So… you want to write about fly fishing?
There’s something about fly fishing that makes people want to put the thoughts they have as they experience a river down on paper. And I think that’s great. I adore words, especially when they spring from rivers, and most especially when they are on paper. I actually think that desire to “express and share” is…
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The True Cast: The Truth About “Euro Nymphing”
If you want to fall for Euro nymphing, knock yourself out. But let’s be honest about a few things.
I remember messing around at the “Toilet Bowl” run under the spillway on Colorado’s Frying Pan River with the late, great guide Kea Hause. The Toilet Bowl literally held tons of big trout, but the water was so turbid and roily (hence the name), you couldn’t fish it like you might the “Texas Bend” or…
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The True Cast: Upstream, downstream.
Some thoughts on teaching kids about fly fishing.
Some thoughts on teaching kids about fly fishing. I’m often asked by eager parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, what is the right age to introduce a kid to fly fishing? My answer is always the same: It depends on the kid! And, more important, it depends on how you define “introduce to fly fishing.” A…
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