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Episode 293: Clothing and Gear for Fly Fishing Safety and Comfort
Expensive fly fishing gear won't improve your catch rate. And least not significantly. In this episode, we provide an overview of the common fly fishing brands as well as some of t...
Episode 292: Learn to Cast Shorter to Catch More Fish
Learning to cast is the first act of the beginner fly fisher. For natural athletes, casting is almost an extension of their arm. And soon the fly fisher is casting 80 to 100 feet w...
Episode 291: The 5 Main Things to Know to Become a Real Fly Fisher
You can read about fly fishing. Watch videos. And listen to podcasts (this one, hopefully!). To become even moderately competent, though, you need to "do" fly fishing. There are n...
Episode 290: What Makes Catching Brook Trout Such a Rush
Can you remember the first brook trout you caught? They're not the biggest fish in the river (except, perhaps, the ones you catch in Labrador), but the beauty and ease of catching ...
Episode 289: Maybe You Should Do More False Casting - 6 Reasons
Sophisticated fly fishers don't false cast, right? How many times have you heard someone say, “You won’t catch fish with your fly in the air. So, stop all the false casting"? Well,...
Episode 288: Driftless Fisheries Biologist Kirk Olson on Trout Stream Health and Big Browns
There's nothing like a fisheries biologist to clear up a few myths about the trout in your favorite stream. In this episode, we interview Driftless fisheries biologist Kirk Olson, ...
Episode 287: Fall Fly Fishing in the Yellowstone Ecosystem
Later beats earlier. That is one of best nuggets of insight when considering a time to fish the rivers in the Yellowstone ecosystem in the fall. Less crowds. More solitude. The pos...
Episode 286 Don't Give Up Too Soon - Fly Fishing at Dusk
It's not just the early bird who gets the worm. Sometimes, so does the late bird. Many fly fishers leave way before dusk. We often do, especially if we've been fishing all day. But...
Episode 285: Observe before You Fly Fish
Look, look, look - that's solid advice for every fly fisher who wades into the river. In this episode, we identify several key ways to slow down to observe what's happening in the ...
Episode 284: 9 Simple Fly Casting Tips for More Catching
Learning to fly cast is the first act of the newbie fly fisher. Fly casting well is fundamental to catching fish. It's a skill that is developed over time. But we've discovered tha...
Episode 283: Fly Fishing the West vs. the Midwest
We both got our early fly fishing chops from slinging flies into the bigger rivers in the inter-mountain West - the Madison, Gallatin, the Yellowstone, the Missouri, the Boulder, a...
Episode 282: Dry Fly Fishing Stories and Their Key Takeaways
There's no greater thrill than catching a trout on a dry fly. We love to fish streamers and nymphs, but when push comes to shove, we'd rather tie on a dry. In this episode, we reca...
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