General Fishing Articles

Find some general fishing articles that may be of interest to you.

 

Fly Balance

Fly Balance

Fly Balance From a practical perspective a fly should fulfill a number of criteria in order to consistently catch fish. There are obvious criteria such as the right size or the right colour. However, all the very good fly patterns have other, less obvious, qualities....

How to Rig Tube Flies

How to Rig Tube Flies

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Preparing for Battle

Each year I find myself travelling more and more to fishing destinations around the globe...... Some might say my life is one big fishing trip. But I am talking, fishing outside northern BC for species other than Steelhead and Pacific Salmon. Every spring I travel to...

Doubling Hackles

This is the method I use for doubling a hackle feather for any type of fly. This works for whatever type of hackle feather is used; cock hackle, hen hackle, schlappen or saddle hackle feather, provided the feather is even in the distribution of the hackle barbs - ie....

Keep It Simple

Here is a very simple and easy way of rigging your tube flies. This is how I rig all of my wet flies. Whether fishing Steelhead and Salmon here at home or Atlantic salmon, sea trout or saltwater species abroad. I tie on the 3mm tube. No liner tube or junction...

Foxes

Foxes In this article the different breeds and species of fox are described. The characteristics of the fur varieties, and their importance to the fly tier is discussed. In spite of a wide variety of fox breeds all of them are in fact mutations of only two species....