Can you feel the cool water coming up around your ankles? Can you feel the warm sunshine beating down on your face while watching the most beautiful Bald Eagles soar above? Then you do the only thing left to make this moment perfect, you begin to pick up your reel and step further into the [...]
Fly Fishing
When most people think of Canada they think of Mounties, boots, red uniforms, and large hats. They imagine the pristine and majestic Niagara Falls. They make note of Ontario and its entertainment, and of course, Canadian hockey. But Canada is more than cold weather and people going over giant falls in wooden barrels. One of [...]
Fly fishing is one of those sports adds a little extra challenge to the fun of the sport. This is an ancient fishing method that basically uses what looks like a natural insect to lure the fish to bite. Granted the equipment has changed drastically from what was used in ancient days, today there is [...]
It doesn’t matter if you are learning to drive a car or paint a house, whenever you attempt to under take a project there are always some basics you have to learn about the task. For instance, when you first learn to drive you need to know how to start a car, what peddle makes [...]
Years back it was fairly uncommon to see a female trudge through the water looking for a trophy fish. Not any more if you have been fishing lately you have seen many women out there with the best of them. Today not only are women more involved in the workforce, sports, but also fishing. Many [...]
One of the most amazing things about fly-fishing is the chance to step into another world. No, you don’t leave the planet, or have some out of body experience. But when you’re fly-fishing, sometimes you feel like it. You cannot fly fish in your office, at your house, or in a busy city. You have [...]
You know, no matter how much I think I know, how much experience I have, or how easy a project is, I can quickly find that if I rush into it based on what I think, I usually end up with easily avoidable mistakes. And even if I do okay at something the first time, [...]
So now is the time that you wished you had paid more attention at Boy Scout camp! You need to know how to tie fly-fishing knots, and you are lost. That is ok; never fear there is hope for you after all. One of the most important things to start with is to be aware [...]
A fly fishing rod is a tool that is used to catch fish in the sport called angling. Some fishing line is attached to a long, flexible pole or rod. One end of the line has a hook on it for catching the fish. Fishing rods differ in length and in action. They can be [...]
