TL;DR: A good streamer for the Swift and Westfield rivers. When I was new to fly tying, I made a white marabou streamer for situations when I wanted to see the take. It miraculously worked (N.B.: many, many of my flies have been duds!), and I wrote a post about it. The JT Special has
Maine
Incredible fishing can mean a lot of different things to different people. It can mean huge numbers of fish caught, a few large individuals brought to net, or perfectly matching a hatch and landing some tough fish; however you want to define it. Whether incredible or not, to me going fishing is always worth the
A Golf Course Pond Fishing Escapade
It was a morning for living dangerously, at least, for a middle-aged guy. There’s a golf course pond in our town. It is tantalizingly close to the parking area, and I’ve heard from someone on “the inside” that bass are there. I’ve been thinking of fishing it for decades. With Real Life keeping me from
Best Fly Fishing Books
TL;DR: The best fly fishing books for me. Ones that really help even to today. The more open-minded I’ve been, the more fish I’ve caught. Maybe it’s karma, but arrogance kills knowledge-seeking. So, I read a great deal and follow dozens of fly fishing blogs and read many books. Many fly fishing books are duds,