In fly casting, I pre-load by slipping a little line at the end of the back-cast. I do this for both accuracy and distance. More precisely, I allow a controlled amount of fly line to slide through my line hand during the back-cast so the rod loads more deeply and smoothly before the final delivery. … More Slipped Pre-load for Accuracy and Distance
Last summer my son and I made a trip to the Mississippi River to try for white bass. Well, really we wanted stripers but we pretty well know that would be a miracle. We haven’t seen any at the rocks in years, but, we had hopes for a striper anyway. So we were on a … More Mississippi River Flathead on Fly
Back in February I made a trip to a friend’s pond that has a large population of triploid grass carp. This lake would be choked with water lilies if it weren’t for the numerous grass carp. They really do their job. I think the carp were spawning because there was a large number of them … More Early Spring Grass Carp
I was at a friend’s lake recently. It is an old lake with the oldest portion of it being over 100 years old and the newest portion was built in the 1950’s. The 100 year old portion has silted in and so has become very shallow over most of it and naturally the fish like … More Big Fish on Little Fly
Pumpkin chunking is the sport of hurling a pumpkin by mechanical means for distance. Devices range from slingshots and catapults to centrifugals, pneumatic cannons, and — most fascinating of all — the trebuchet. Whenever I’ve watched one fire, I’m struck by how much stored energy sits in that wooden frame. A massive counterweight drops, the … More Trebuchets, Pumpkins, and Fly Rods
Check out this video of a guy having a good day using the Pultz Camo Popper from Breambugs.com. on an ultralight spin rig. I can testify that it works well, here’s one I caught using the similar, Crazy Legs Popper on my 9wt flyrod: I tied it on with a non-slip loop to give it … More Pultz Camo Popper used on ultralight
After a week of practicing my back-cast presentation (BCP) using slide-loading (see previous posts), I felt like I have that cast down and was ready to try something new. I realized that when I’m doing the BCP, I am getting the timing right because the cast is across my chest making it easy to watch … More A Thousand Dollars for Ten Feet
Our club recently had a fly casting clinic. It was well-done by the casting instructors and very much appreciated. I think the instructors did a great job. I think the new casters learned a lot. I signed up too but it wasn’t for beginner instruction, I simply wanted some time to get help on a … More Slide Loading Back-Cast Presentation Re-visited
My casting repertoire for a long time has lacked a good back-cast presentation. I have been trying to compensate for my lack of a good back-cast presentation with off-shoulder casting. Recently on a tarpon trip my son was on the bow and I was on the back taking pot shots after fish got by Chris. … More Slide Loading for Back-Cast Presentation
My brother sent me this “Crazy Legs Frog” from Breambugs.com. I liked its looks immediately when I opened the box. The green splattered body and the green and black jiggy skirt just looked to me like something a bass would like. I had a new reel on a G Loomis 9wt rod of mine which … More Crazy Legs Frog
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