Tag: flyfishing
The World’s Worst Fly Caster
By John Kumiski Bob and Dave were father and son, visiting the Goodnews River Lodge for a week during my first season working there. They were fly fishers, wanting to catch silver (coho) salmon. Bob was a financial planner, and Dave was a college student. I had the pleasure of fishing with them for two …...
Dragonflies for Bass Fishermen
by John Kumiski Bass everywhere eat dragonflies. Any observant person who spends time around the water has seen them do it. I’ve watched bass free-jump nearly three feet out of the water, trying to catch these amazing flying insects. A typical adult dragonfly. This one is an eastern pondhawk male, found all along the East...
Music and Fishing
By Jim Mize I was recently visiting the recording studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and part of the tours included a sampling of songs recorded in each facility. That was when it dawned on me that not all songs are good fishing songs. Think about the last fly-fishing show you attended. If they had live …...
Free Fly Apparel-Men’s South Fork Guide Pants
Product Review By Mike Watts Outdoor pants have to meet my many stringent requirements if I am going to be bragging on them. They need to be rugged, loose, and stretchable, yet lightweight, allowing for easy movement. Since I’ll be hiking to a river, bending, squatting, climbing, and occasionally wet wading, they must dry...
Striking Silver in the Sound
by John Kumiski Of all the things you can do with a fly rod, few match the excitement of casting to and hooking a large tarpon in shallow water. You’ll find fighting one another matter, and bringing one to hand a significantly more difficult proposition. But the entire exercise possesses an extremely high entertainment value …...
