Fly Recipes and Fly Tying Patterns
Today's guest post comes to us from Larry Chandler. Larry is going to give us an introduction to the Tenkara method of fly fishing. People of the orient have often been depicted as calm, focused individuals in their pursuit of greatness. Movies, books and legends often describe a man on a mission who has the utmost respect for himself and his adversary as he pushes on his struggle with honor and integrity. The Tenkara method of fly fishing brings these same … [Read more...]
This was my first time fishing for salmon on the fly. We set up at the Mamquam River near Squamish, BC. The pinks were running. It was late Aug. The weather was hot and sunny but the river was running fast and muddy. We started with big casts letting the flies swing almost to shore before picking up and casting again. As the water was so fast we had up to 2-3 split shots to get down. One of us was using a type 6 and the other a floating line but both needed the extra … [Read more...]
The most effective technique of fly-fishing is here; Practice! If disappointed with this homily like suggestion and you want to disagree as violently as a bass or trout at the end of the hook, that’s fine. But, ask around, you will find that practice alone has been perfecting men and women, since time immemorial. But then of course, to practice, you need a few basics to start with. The fly in fly-fishing is ‘copies of insects’ as Mary Orvis Marbury put it over … [Read more...]
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