I am at the annual Northern Lights Fly Tyers TU symposium in Edmonton, which is also featuring my old friend, Mike Lawson. This past week was a bit over-busy, trying to get caught up on a week’s work in three days (home Monday evening from Denver, off to Edmonton very early Friday morning). So, as […]
I started the day at 8 am by presenting a Bible Study on The Covenant Agreements to those exhibitors that wanted to attend. It was a great time. At 1 pm I gave a talk on “Really Matching the Hatch,” and finished the day with a demo on “Advanced Casting” at 3:15 pm. During the […]
Today was a busy one at the show. Lots-o-people, and then some. I held a casting class from 8:30 to 11 am, had a book signing from 11-12, gave a talk entitled “Where the Trout Are,” and finished with a casting talk/demo from 3:15 until 4:15. Yesterday I met Jackson Leong and we talked fly […]
I left home yesterday, but got grounded in Minneapolis by a heavy snow storm. After a night in a local hotel, I continued on to Denver early this morning, getting here at the Merchandise Mart an hour before my first presentation on Fly Tying. This was immediately followed by a program on Nymphing. An hour […]
When mature, caddis larvae seal themselves in a pupal chamber and metamorphose into the pupa. The mature pupa is rightly called the “Pharate Adult.” It is the adult inside the pupal husk. There has been much discussion of the appearance of the Pharate Adult as it rises to the surface to hatch out. Some say […]
I will be at the Denver Fly Fishing Show at the Merchandise Mart this weekend offering programs each day and a fly casting class on Saturday morning. It’s a great show, and a fun time for everyone. For more information, see Denver Show. On Friday, I will give a fly tying demo at 11:30 am. […]
I’m off to Denver tomorrow to speak at The Fly fishing Show held at the Merchandise Mart in Denver. It’s always a fun time, but this year it will be tinted with the sadness of the death of my long-time friend, Charlie Meyers. He was the Outdoor Editor of the Denver Post and was a […]
The diameter of the fish’s window is fixed by the physics of refraction. If the apical angle of the window were 90 degrees, then the diameter of the window would be exactly twice the depth of the fish. Since it is 97 degrees, the diameter of the window is 2.26 times the depth of the […]
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from a medium of one optical density into a medium of a different optical density, as from air to water or water into air. The amount of bending is dependent upon the incident angle of the light. In the diagram below, a light ray, “A” strikes […]
Many anglers don’t realize that water absorbs light wavelengths differentially. That is to say, red light is absorbed differently that blue or green or yellow or orange. On top of that, different waters will absorb light differently. Here’s a chart from my book, “Presentation,” showing this differential absorption of different waters. What this means is […]