Technology and Tradition
6 Tips to Improve Your Casting
Fly Fusion casting editor Jeff Wagner shares a few of his secrets on how to improve your casting stroke.
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The Requirements of Stream Trout
Fly Fusion editor Jim McLennan discusses the essential building blocks for the perfect trout stream.
A Good Time for a Change
Ever wonder whether it’s time to change flies? Jim McLennan discusses when to tie a new one on.
Trout Unlimited Members Share Their Trout Tips
Trout Tips is a new book loaded with useful fly-fishing hints from Trout Unlimited members. The book covers topics from presentation, to casting, to reading water, to fly selection. According to the book’s editor, Kirk Deeter, “To be clear, this is not a ‘guidebook’ or a fly-fishing ‘manual’. There are plenty of those already…It’s a book of tips. A bag of tricks. Some for the novice, others for experts. By anglers, for anglers.” Click here to check it out.
Beating the Boats: Strategies for the Wading Angler
Nothing is more rewarding than packing a lunch and committing yourself to a long day of exploring. The incentive is not only the fish your will find, but the quiet out-of-the-way places you will discover.
Article by Ryan Sparks / Photo by Faceless Fly Fishing
Leonard Cohen and Trout
I still hope that on every outing I’ll find large and willing trout, but the older I get the more my dark-haired idealism makes room for grey-haired realism.
by Derek Bird
Top 2 Series to Help Sharpen Your Casting Skills
For fly anglers looking to add a little more distance to their cast or planning to expand their advanced casting arsenal, lots of different options exist nowadays. You can book a casting clinic, find a column in a magazine, or search out numerous instructional videos online. If you decided to go with the online option, Fly Fusion staff helped to narrow the search by providing you with two of their favourite casting series.
R.L. Winston Casting Series–One of the all-time greats, Joan Wulff, presents an easy-to-follow 10 part instructional casting series packed with basics for the newcomer or for the long-time angler who wants to break some poor habits. She also has a number of videos in the series that present advanced techniques for the angler wanting to improve on an already solid foundation. To view the series click here.
Orvis Casting Series–Another recommended casting resource is the Orvis Fly Fishing Learning Center. Along with everything else you need to know about fly fishing, you’ll also find 16 casting centric instructional videos presented by Orvis Casting Instructor, Pete Kutzer. To view the series click here.
Photo Credit: Paula Shearer
Understanding Fly Rod Flex and Recovery
Fly rods can be defined by so many characteristics, including physical weight, swing weight, stiffness, just to name a few. But what really defines the feel in your hand?
By Jeff Wagner
Photo Credit: Paula Shearer
Jim McLennan’s Thoughts on Technology and Tradition
Today’s young fly fishers bring with them the advanced technologies they’ve grown up with, and that makes some of us older fly fishers nervous, for tradition and technology make strange bedfellows.
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