Archive for the ‘Techniques’ Category

Podcasts, Webcasts, and All of That…

Since FF&W seems to be radio-focused this week, I thought that I’d toss up a few links to Web-based radio programs that I’ve been involved with over the last couple of years. While I realize that some readers have already been there, done that (via the sidebar links), I figure that it never hurts to [...]

Contrary Currents

(A bit of dredging from the old blog…) Currents are often viewed of as an enemy of controlled fly presentation, even when a fly needs to worked with action. By employing a critical angling eye, however, it’s possible to use currents to present the fly with more control than you could achieve otherwise. In many [...]

Micro-Indicators

Versions of this little article have floated around various magazines and Web sites over the years. Not the most glamorous of fly-fishing topics, I know, but an approach that can be of real help when conditions warrant. – – – – – – – – – When fishing the small stuff, a strike indicator of [...]

The Tzar’s Trout

Just before the turn of the (21st) century, my father and I traveled to Russia’s Kola Peninsula to shoot a couple of TV shows for OLN (now Versus). Along with Executive Producer, Jim Hagar, and good friend/guide, Juha Vainio, we shot at the Varzina Lodge for two weeks, focusing on the big brown trout of [...]

“Ask About Fly Fishing” Podcasts

I already have a link to these Podcasts over in the right-hand menu, but I thought that I’d give them a temporary boost as a post. There are currently three Podcasts that I’ve done with the “Ask About Fly Fishing” Internet radio crew over the last few years: 1) Casting, Mending, and Presentation for Difficult Angling [...]

25 (Well, 26) Years of “Nymphing”

2007 marked the 25th anniversary of the introduction of my father’s first instructional fly-fishing film, Nymphing. And I do mean film—16mm, shot with classic Bolex cameras. Looking back now, it is hard for me to believe that so many years have passed since those warm summer days on Montana’s famed Armstrong’s Spring Creek.