Category | Learning to fly fish

Interview With Rick Passek: Freshman Flyfisher Series

Posted on 06 March 2009

I enjoy getting to know ‘the heart and soul’ of the author behind the flyfishing books I read. It brings a spark of insight into the words on the pages that you may not have actually gleaned from just reading the book. More often than not, I find that the author is really ‘just’ the [...]

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Cast 498 and the Moment Before

Posted on 18 May 2008

I say moment.
It could be a period of time as well.
For me, it was about a fly cast 498. I was just about to shatter the glassy surface of the water by throwing my fly rod into it. Everything within a 25 foot radius of me had felt the built up frustration within me. Intermixed [...]

What Makes Good Trout Habitat?

Posted on 29 April 2008

On a previous blog post, where I showed a picture about trout season opening in England, a visitor asked a question. He was wondering about the differences in habitat for various river trout species. I emailed a fish biologist who posts on a fishing blog called, Fish Geek. Here was his reply to my email:
Basically, [...]

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