If you’ve recently made the transition from spin fishing or bait casting to fly fishing, you’re probably experiencing some serious sticker shock. You used to be able to walk into Wal-Mart, pick up a spool of 1,000 yards of 10-pound…
Month: January 2018
Tying for Stripers (a.k.a., “All About the Bass, No Treble-Hook”)
With winter comes the cold. And with the cold comes beer, as well as the time to crank out three-dozen saltwater flies for the start of the striper run (T-Minus 100-something days!). Many an angler (specifically, those who self-style as…
Fish Food 101: How to Tell What Trout Are Eating in the Winter
I was out at Pyramid Lake recently, and after the first full day of fishing found myself at the bar in Sutcliffe, Nevada with my buddy Tim Johnson (the fly fishing artist) and our guide Ryan Dangerfield. Ryan was working…
January Vise Night at HQ
Join us Wednesday, January 24, at our Postfly HQ in Newbury MA for a night of instructor-led fly tying with Craig Andree. The topic will be spinning deer hair, and Craig will be walking you through how to create the Muddler…
Fish Stories, Drinks, and Snax: Tribe Meetup January 17
Introducing: Tribe Meetups Join us Wednesday, January 17, at Sea Level Oyster Bar in Newburyport for a good ole’ fashioned hang. First round and bites on us! We encourage everyone to bring a non-fly fisher friend! Can’t make it? We’ll…
How to Get Started Tying Flies this Winter
Out of all my fishing buddies I’m one of the few that actually looks forward to fly fishing in the middle of winter. Sure, chunks of half-submerged ice and line frozen in my rod guides isn’t all that pleasant, but…
Winter Fly Fishing Tips: How to Deal with Ice in your Guides
Few things in fly fishing compare to the experience of slowly roll casting your way up a run, reveling in the beauty and serenity of the river in which you stand, only to have your best roll cast of the…