As one who is willing to fly fish in any environment for any species, I must confess to a lifelong passion for wading warmwater streams. Nature’s beauty, quality fishing, and solitude provide an overwhelming inducement to continue slogging up and Continue reading →

A day or two ago, the river I chose to fish was slightly off-color from recent rains, but that shouldn’t have caused an hour and a half of fruitless casting. Suddenly, the wind quickened and distant thunder announced a downpour. Continue reading →

A quick-hitting rain soaked me while float tubing a pond. The fish continued to hit size-12 black Bluegill Buggers as long as they were slowly retrieved near bottom. One bass of 12 inches and 20 bluegills to 9 inches were Continue reading →

The massive heatwave has delayed our pond fishing to late in the evening and beyond into darkness. In the last hour before sunset, we targeted bluegills at the edge of the weedline with Bully’s Bluegill Spiders. Most of the 8-inch Continue reading →

I chose a shaded pool on a quiet stretch of stream for the first outing of my new bamboo 5-wt. rod. Gentle casts off a black sponge spider beside a submerged log and quivering imparted action produced a violent strike. Continue reading →

A large threatening cloud drifted south of the pond as I launched the float tube. Armed with a 6 wt. rod, floating line, and a 9-ft. leader with an 8-lb. tippet and our new H.O.T. Streamer (Hold On Tight Streamer), Continue reading →

A gentle breeze swayed the Queen Anne’s Lace and Black Eyed Susans as I descended into the river valley in search of bronze. Armed with a 4-wt. bamboo rod, intermediate sinking line, and size-8 copper-colored Woolly Buggers called “Red Hot Continue reading →

Just in time for June bass! After having dozens of big bass grab our hooked sunfish, we learned it was the vibrations of the frantic fish that triggered the lunkers’ interest. Our desire to replicate that vulnerability resulted in the Continue reading →

More rain led to an evening float tube pond trip with a 7 wt. and our weedless Diving Frog. I cast to the tops of the weed beds and crawled the fly to the edge before stipping them to dive Continue reading →

Some days it’s not about size; it’s about the beauty of the fish that delights me. Three smallmouths of 9 to 11 inches came to hand (one lept 7 times) before I became fascinated with Longear Sunfish. Their bright orange Continue reading →