Fly Fishing

A fly fisherman is the fellow you've watched from the road, standing in cold water waving his rod in an aerial ballet. Lacking the traditional weight of conventional tackle, he relies instead on timing and rhythm to propel an insect imitation into the fish's view.

Most freshwater fish eat aquatic insects, so fly fishermen craft painstaking replicas of mayflies, caddis, and stoneflies, and armed with the knowledge of their life cycle and availability, attempt to transform a lifeless fake bug into a tasty-looking morsel.

Often a fish caught using fly fishing methods is released when caught. After a little sport and a burst of adrenaline, the quarry is released to grow bigger and more selective, although the fish never grow as fast as when the angler retells the story of their capture.

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• Chuck Adams Headlines Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show

  
  Gary Engberg Outdoors — Authority: 148
  Chuck Adams Headlines Eastern Sports & Outdoor ShowHARRISBURG, PA- Chuck Adams, the world’s best-known and most widely published bowhunter, is returning to the 2010 Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 6-14) to give one-on-one bowhunting clinics, to the lucky contest winners of an online drawing, during his ...
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• Fishing: Once you go Bass, you never go back?

  
  The Outdooress — Authority: 116
  There is a dark and powerful influence out there trying to sway me to the big lure side of fishing. I’ve nicknamed this influence ”Darth Bass” because I’m certain he’s trying to convert me to the dark and warm water side of fishing. Now, in case anyone is worried, as I write this, I’m still ...
  13 hours ago

• A Year in the Life of a Trout by Len Harris 12-17-09

  
  Gary Engberg Outdoors — Authority: 148
  Coulter Mitchell and I are doing a documentary on the life cycle of a trout. He is the brains and I do the site procurement and some camera work but mostly grunt work. Coulter has won a very prestigious award for a documentary in the past on the effect of oil on the world. He [...]
  18 hours ago

• Upper Sacramento Brown Trout Tapes Out at 27″ (or, Why We Officially Hate Wayne Eng)

  
  The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog — Authority: 130
  Local fly fishing guide Wayne Eng used to grow so depressed when the Upper Sacramento River closed for the season, we considered confiscating his belt and shoelaces and placing him on suicide watch. Now he gets to fish the Upper Sacramento all winter long (which is good, because runs right by his home), and ...
  18 hours ago

• Three Steps to Better Spey Casts

  
  Fly Fishing News - MidCurrent — Authority: 134
  Rich Culver offers three excellent bits of advice about how to get more control and distance out of your spey casts: line up your anchor, get your stop timed right, and adjust stroke length to match line belly length. "Using...
  19 hours ago

• The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-17

  
  The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog — Authority: 130
  Wayne Eng caught a 27" Brown trout on the Upper Sacramento on Woolly Bugger (rain driving river up, making it murky). Damn him. # Stuck for gift ideas? Buy your wife a brand new drift boat for Christmas ($2k off) http://bit.ly/6cByV2 # Powered by Twitter Tools
  20 hours ago

• Acromioplasty Surgery - Attention all Spey Manufacturers

  
  Moldy Chum — Authority: 143
  Shoulder Impingement is a painful condition caused by compression of rotator cuff tendons by the shoulder blade when the arm is raised.  According to my orthopedist (ex team Dr. for our local major Pac-10 university) when the patient is younger, the condition is caused by repetitive over head motion sports such as ...
  1 day ago

• Dec. Slab of the Month Entry: Thompson River Steel

  
  Moldy Chum — Authority: 143
  I hit the Thompson with Apple and Niska last month during perfect conditions and got blanked.  Jason Higo hit it last week and took this dime hen.  Jumping 6 times and wreaking all kinds of backing havoc, this fish was hot.  But, at 15 degrees below, the weather was not.  All things considered, this is slab ...
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• Red Drum, Red Drum

  
  Moldy Chum — Authority: 143
  
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• Steelhead Fishing With Ernie Miller

  
  "She's So Fly" Fly Fishing and Outdoors Blog for Women — Authority: 134
                      Steelhead Fishing With Ernie Miller Article source: the Muskegon Chronicle “Just drop your sinker straight down,” instructed Captain Ernie Miller as we drifted the Muskegon River in pursuit of steelhead. “When you feel it touch bottom lift it a few inches and then ...
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• Wild Trout Stream Surveys

  
  North Eastern Fly Fishing Forums — Authority: 142
  Wild Trout Stream Surveys Cumberland & Perry Counties Summer 2009 Sampling Technique – Backpack Electrofishing The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is home to approximately 86,000 miles of flowing waters, of which 3,175 streams totaling 21,654 miles have been surveyed ...
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• Le Mouching- Now With angloPhone Support!

  
  Fishing Fury — Authority: 122
  Our good friends at Le Mouching wrote to us to say that they are now posting bilingually in French and English!Despite the fact that I took French throughout elementary school (in the US, not Canada for those interested), I can only say a few phrases with confidence* and as I’m sure many of you were [...]
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• Ask About Flyfishing: Internet Radio

  
  Aroostook Flyers & Tyers — Authority: 124
  Tonight’s show - How to Get a Grand Slam in the Salt Earl Waters has achieved over 300 grand slams in the salt for his clients and himself so he knows his stuff. Find out from Earl how to land a tarpon, permit and bonefish all in one day. Go to his ‘ASK’ page using the link below and ask him a question… ...
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• A Bold New Plan For Revitalizing The Ailing Fly Fishing World (or, Death Becomes You…)

  
  The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog — Authority: 130
  Would all sports – including fly fishing – attain a new sense of urgency if the price for failure was death? Incentive to improve your fly fishing game? Frankly, the Underground’s band of dropouts, slackers and drug users Editorial Board says yes . That’s why we’re at the forefront of a bold new ...
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• New Gear: "Technical" Cotton

  
  Fly Fishing News - MidCurrent — Authority: 134
  Image via WikipediaLooks like the cotton industry isnt giving up so easily when it comes to competing with sheep and plastics recyclers in the "technical performance" department. Longworth Industries, parent company of Polarmax, has joined forces with cotton advocate Cotton...
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• Abel Introduces "Bead-Blasted" Fly Reel Finish

  
  Fly Fishing News - MidCurrent — Authority: 134
  Perhaps harkening back to some of its earliest reel designs, which featured a rock-hard non-glare finish (Steve Abel described it to me as the only "100 percent anodized" finish), Abel Reels will once again offer a fly reel finish that...
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• Winter Fly Fishing on Colorados Arkansas River Tailwaters

  
  Fly Fishing News - MidCurrent — Authority: 134
  Thirty percent of all the fishing done on the Arkansas River below Pueblo Dam happens between November and February, and for good reason: the state of Colorado stocks those waters with about 30,000 fish annually, and Pueblo is only a...
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• The Underground’s Short Casts for 2009-12-16

  
  The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog — Authority: 130
  Bamboo fly rod building Geekfest video by Chris Raine (straightening strips with an air vise) http://bit.ly/5R5RBM # Powered by Twitter Tools
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• Winter Wonderland Special!!!

  
  Fly Fishing Frenzy — Authority: 118
  This info is located on our Fly Fish Teton Springs page but we have had a lot of people ask about it and when they can rent it out we decided to publish the information again.  The Frenzy is going to offer a huge discount for the winter season.  All rates are 50% off until [...]
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• Marcel Siegle Photogrphy

  
  Moldy Chum — Authority: 143
  Marcel Siegle is a San Francisco based freelance photogrpher who is also a fly fishing junkie. When hes shooting on the river the results are fine art.  LINK
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