The Drift - Fly Fishing, Fly Casting and Fly Rod Building

Fly Fishing In New Zealand - Sometimes Bigger Is Just Better

Reflections on Fly Fishing for the monster trout of a New Zealand mouse year. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone that can sleep as much as Chiel. Lying amidst some of the best trout fishing on eart...

The Hang Of It - Fly Fishing. Why an Emerger will out fish your dry fly any day

Fly Fishing Emergers. A semi-sunk fly projects more visible stimulus than a high and dry pattern, so it makes a lot of sense to use a design that penetrates the surface film as a ‘searching patter...

Fly Fishing: Fly Rod Ratings, Fly Line Weights and the Arms Race

At best the term “5 weight’ is used to describe the weight of fly line a given fly rod designer reckons you should be casting on their rod. But with line measurement effectively out the window, thi...

Fly Fishing - Floating Fly Lines vs Sinking Fly Lines - Which Weighs More?

Which weighs more, a floating fly line or a sinking line? It may surprise you to know that they both weigh the same - at 30 feet anyway. Or at least they should.For example, under the AFFTA system...

Fly Fishing - More thoughts on “selective" trout from Bob Wyatt

"We know that simple-brained animals like trout can’t deal with a lot of information at once, so while they are hunting they probably can’t think of much else.  This isn’t selectivity but tunnel vi...