Stillwater Strategies: Understanding Buoyancy for Fly Presentation

Buoyancy is an incredible principle that as fly anglers, we need to take more advantage of. Buoyancy can be achieved through a variety of materials like cervid hair (deer, elk, moose, caribou), dubbing (like alpaca), yarns (like poly yarn), and foam. I’m going to talk about foam in this article. […]

Stillwater Strategies: Tackling Lakes as a New Stillwater Angler

So I was back at the Santiam Fly Casters a few weeks ago and spoke there about some stillwater strategies. I specifically talked to them about strategies for a new angler to approach a stillwater. I broke down gear, locations, terms, where to find fish, and more. There are some […]

Euro Nymphing with the Local Fly Fishing Club – FRANK IS DOWN!

I was out with my local fly fishing club, the Linn-Benton Fly Fishers, and we caught some fish. Also just to reiterate, Frank is all good just more wet then he was when he started fishing that day. We are doing this again in a couple weeks, the first monday […]