Stripping a jig with a fly rod is a must-know technique if you're looking to catch trout on a consistent basis. Here's how to do it: First tie on 7-9 feet of fluorocarbon line (4x works well). Fluorocarbon leaders and tippet are expensive so I usually opt to buy bulk spools...
My 10 year old granddaughter, Aowyn, is quite the outdoors girl, which definitely makes her grandpa happy. Her dad and I started her fishing for bluegill when she was just 3 years old. She is already pretty proficient with an ultra-light spinning rod and reel. When she was just 8...
I am told the first time I held a fly rod was at the young age of two. Obviously I don’t remember it, but I have an old black and white picture as evidence of my first fishing trip with my grandfather for bluegill (bream) in May of 1954 on...
One summer day, I asked my 7 years old granddaughter, Aowyn, if she wanted to go with her dad and I to Lake Fayetteville to bream fish. She had been lots of times before and was able to cast a cork and jig rig on her spincast rod and reel...
