Editor's Note: This is one of the first tips I wrote for Troutbitten, back in 2014. I've rewritten it here, with new info, because all things change, and in this case, improve. For the fisherman, keeping gear dry is an unremitting chore. Hang the waders, wash the...
UPDATE: (Oct. 2017) -- Two summers ago, I wrote this short guide for choosing a fishing camera and carrying it on the water. The point is simple -- select something that you can accept losing, because whatever camera you fish with will eventually be destroyed....
I’ve had old timers tell me that leader and tippet technology is the biggest advancement in fly fishing over the last half-century. Within my own twenty-five years of fly fishing, I’ve seen fly shop wall space grow to include tippet spools of nylon and fluorocarbon in...
All good things come with consequences. It’s life’s way of keeping us grounded, I guess, making us work for the very best things and helping us appreciate what’s nearly perfect, since true perfection is too rare to wait for. Tight line nymphing with extra-long leaders...
A plastic tube, some elastic braid, and some heat shrink tubing. After a quick trip to the hardware store and a little time with a glue gun, I’ve now resolved a problem that has plagued me since I was ten years old. Thanks, Tim Flagler. Tim’s growing collection of...
If I had a million dollars I would still approach fly fishing with a low budget mindset. I guess it comes from my fishing roots as a boy: cheap spinning tackle, rubber hip boots (big enough that I would "grow into 'em"), minnows and some Berkley Trilene. We used 6lb...
My best days on the water are usually full of changes. The morning fog burns off, and I switch from streamers to nymphs; a half hour later, a swirling back eddy looks like the home of the next nameable brown trout (two footer), and I go back to...
I burn through boot soles fast. And cheap boots with poor foot support are a bad idea when you're wading heavy runs and putting full days on the water with lots of hiking, so I was spending about $150 every ten months on a new pair of boots. I used to resole my own...