An artful cast delivers a fly accurately and delicately. For beginning anglers, casting is a challenge of timing and coordination […]

Feeling Refreshed from Five Days in the Catskills
I missed writing and posting my blog last week. The first one I missed since I started in January of […]

Getting Back in the Flow
Before the sun rose, twilight began to light the stream valley enough for me to see the large boulders upstream […]

Spend A Night Camping and Find Something Worth Looking For
Looking through my calendar would not make it any clearer. No magic windows were going to open. Fishing in May […]

Can Flipping Rocks Help You Catch More Fish?
Over time anglers find methods to select a fly, whether it is a dry fly, nymph, or streamer. There is […]

Why Do Trout Take the Tag Fly?
Chance and choice are two important variables in life and in fly fishing. Sometimes committing to one thing and sticking […]

Keep Learning
I used my fishing time this weekend to go to the Fly Fishing Show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Approximately 85 vendors, […]

The Surprise Fish
Fly fishing has become a habitual part of my life, intertwined with my daily thoughts and weekly activities, only surpassed […]

How Do I Get My Fly Out of That Tree?
The trail down from the road was steep and the thin veneer of gravel washed onto the trail from the […]

Is Nymphing the Most Challenging Way to Fly Fish?
It was warm for a winter day, somewhere close to fifty degrees. The day before was bitter cold, where any […]