Here’s another caddis design that I find exceptional. Others have fished it with shot like a nymph, pulled it under and fished it with a rapid retrieve, and many other ways. It’s one of my favorites for the Down Dry/Up Wet tactic discussed in Fishing the Film. All you need is some deer hair and [...]

Well, well, well. The advance copy is a beauty to be sure. Our printers did a bang up job, but it wouldn’t have been much without Jason’s dedicated skill and pre-press efforts. There is still time to get your pre-publication price, postage and handling included. See the post below on Fishing the Film pre-orders.

Of all the  line pickups (did you catch that) (yes, puns intended) the “C” Pickup is perhaps my most favorite. It allows the angler to clean the line smoothly off the surface and dry a fly if needed, without the need for  a false cast. Here’s a description of the “C” Pickup from our forthcoming [...]

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 [...]

Fly fishers have spent an inordinate amount of  time studying the visual acuity of trout. That’s good because it has given us some remarkable data that have helped shape not only our flies but also our angling tactics and the clothing we wear. But, in the process, we have neglected the acoustic acuity of fish. [...]

My friend, Ozzie Ozefovich, has been shooting underwater footage of trout for years, and has produced a couple of revealing DVD’s on the life and times of trout. His latest DVD will be released later this month. Entitled “Trout Vision and Refraction,’ it is an excellent look at these phenomena. The underwater shots through the [...]

The first draft of Volume 1, “Fishing the Film” in our book series entitled Fly Fishing has been submitted to the editor for his comments. Fishing the film deals with all aspects of this feeding zone, both above and below, as well as in, the surface film. Fishing the film is not always what it [...]

I’m sorry I’ve been away from my Blog for a few days. I’ve been putting the finishing touches on a new book entitled “Fishing the Film.” It is Volume 1 in a book series entitled “Fly Fishing.” The books in the series will be written by Jason and myself. Jason is also the series editor [...]