Fly fishing and more

The past couple of years I have been interested in an ultra light #3 (or even a #2) bamboo rod in the 8 - 8.5 ft range. Not an easy task to ...

Always enjoy how Tim Rajeff explains fly rod technicalities. This one is especially good for who still have prehistoric ideas about fibergla...

Nice video of fishing in New Zealand with bamboo rods

Watch this documentary about the reel and rod manufacturer Hardy here .

Why are fly lines still sold with an integrated running line? I have tons of fly lines (now used as lawn casting lines) with 'worn out...

I've had a few typical streamer rods (9ft #6) in the past. All these rods cast amazing but the leverage of the 9ft length and the forc...

Watch this classic, Doug Swisher - Strategies for selective trout, now for free on Youtube! I watched this video back then (late 1980'...

It has been a while I have caught some serious numbers of graylings . When planning the trip for september I looked for a stream with abunda...

Oops, I forgot to mention the rod called  Upstream  from Douglas Outdoors in my previous posting about my 4 weight rods . Well, only beca...

The nice weather inspired me to have a look at my 9ft 4 weight rods (yes, I love 4 weight rods!). The three musketeers are the G. Loomis 4...

Walt Mossberg tells about the influence Apple had, especially the past 20 years. Jeez, I was there when it happened!

Every once in a while I wished I had some Steven Spielberg DNA. Not because I want to produce a Hollywood block buster, but because I really...

Didn't noticed it right away, but it has been 10 years ago I fished the Goiserer Traun for the first time. Although I missed the opport...

Attended the EWF Show in Fürstenfeldbruck in southern Germany near Munich for the first time as a fly tier after winning the Open German Fl...

Bjarne Fries  is a Danish rod maker who has been building bamboo rods for more than 30 years. His rods are very distinguishable, unlike an...

Here are a bunch of nice articles I found in old issues of Field & Stream  magazine thanks to Google Book's search option. Best wa...

Update Dec 2023: Read the Q&A I did with Joe . I've been fortunate to call the legendary deer hair tier Joe Messinger Jr. a friend....

I've written various postings about hackle and the history of genetic hackles. Here is a great video on the history of Whiting Farms an...

It has been a while I've tied at fly fishing events. I used to tie more regularly at events when I was in college some 20+ years ago. ...

After watching this video about the Elk River near Fernie in British Columbia, I had a flash back. The  Elk river  is one of the pret...

We try to make nice flies out of feathers. Here  is someone who really makes art out of feathers. Wow...

I've posted several posts on the subject on fast rods in the past and wondering why companies like Sage keep on churning out fast and ...