Top 2 Series to Help Sharpen Your Casting Skills
For fly anglers looking to add a little more distance to their cast or planning to expand their advanced casting arsenal, lots of different options exist nowadays. You can book a casting clinic, find a column in a magazine, or search out numerous instructional videos online. If you decided to go with the online option, Fly Fusion staff helped to narrow […]
Friday Fly by…Al Ritt
Here’s a really simple and effective mayfly pattern you can tie in a number of different colours and sizes. Fly Fusion’s fly tying editor, Al Ritt, demonstrates how to tie the Sparkle Dun (BWO). Recipe: Hook: Daiichi 1100 sz 20 through 16 Shuck: Brown Antron Wing: Comparadun Hair Body: BWO Superfine Dubbing
A Reminder for Fly Anglers to Stay Safe on the Water
Vancouver, B.C. – As boaters across British Columbia prepare for the official start of the 2017 boating season this long weekend, Boating BC is urging boaters to put safety first. National Safe Boating Awareness Week is May 20th to the 26th, coinciding with the launch of the boating season, and Boating BC President Don Prittie […]
Friday Fly By…Al Ritt
Here’s a really simple and effective mayfly pattern you can tie in a number of different colours and sizes. Fly Fusion’s fly tying editor, Al Ritt, demonstrates how to tie the Sparkle Dun (BWO). Recipe: Hook: Daiichi 1100 sz 20 through 16 Shuck: Brown Antron Wing: Comparadun Hair Body: BWO Superfine Dubbing
A Mayfly with a Muddled Head
Here’s a new tying video from Davie McPhail where he demonstrates how to tie a juicy looking mayfly pattern: the Golden Yellow Mayfly Muddler.
Casting Streamers from A Drift Boat
If you’re looking to sharpen up your streamer skills, check out this video from RIO. Their brand manager Simon Gawesworth shows how to fish a streamer from a drift boat. Simon’s tips and information take the mystery and randomness of streamer fishing away, giving anglers a clear game plan of how best to master streamer fishing […]
New Film: Trout in a Box
Most fish stories have to do with the one that got away. However, Trout in a Box, a short film created by Stephen Haggard, is a unique kind of fish story. It’s about 100 year old trout that didn’t get away.
OtterBox Gets Even Cooler
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The outdoors are not a club with velvet rope and insider access. The outdoors belong to everyone, and OtterBox enables people to get out and do it their own way. OtterBox, an outdoor staple since 1998, is proud to introduce the Venture line of premium rugged coolers. Venture coolers incorporate superior […]
A New Fly Fishing Documentary About the Final Cast
Fly Fusion Magazine’s entomology editor, Robert Hinchliffe, just sent an internal email to the editorial team with a link to a short fly-fishing documentary he created and produced, but the link is too good not to share with the fly-fishing world. Hinchliffe says his film has “no fancy gear, no epic drone shots, no trendy outfits; just […]
Fly Boxes That Give Back
From its simple beginnings that formally began in 2014, the young Utah company Tacky Fly Fishing has enjoyed significant success. The company was formed with the goal of building the best fly box in the industry, and their national and international industry awards and rapidly growing sales numbers attest to their success. Now Tacky Fly […]
Gear Review: Orvis Nippers
With so many different species fly anglers can target nowadays, the amount a person can spend on species specific gear adds up quickly. So I suspect that more and more companies will design tools, gear and gadgets that, where possible, will be useful across a broader species spectrum. Orvis is a prime example. They produced nippers a trout angler can use on his home trout […]
Understanding Fly Rod Flex and Recovery
Fly rods can be defined by so many characteristics, including physical weight, swing weight, stiffness, just to name a few. But what really defines the feel in your hand? By Jeff Wagner Photo Credit: Paula Shearer