The Redfish Toupee Crab is a great fly for fly fishing the Mississipi Delta. This fishery is unique and the best in the world for big bull redfish. Casts are almost always from your feet to about 35 feet. Longer casts are rare unless you find a somewhat shallow flat....
Fly fishing for permit in Belize, or for permit in general, is unpredictable, as some of you might painfully acknowledge. Once we get at the top of our game, these fish disappear or won’t have anything to do with our fly. Time on the water is as valuable a teacher...
The Clouser Minnow is one of those flies that is always there. It’s always there calling to you, saying, “You always know that you can catch some fish with me at any time. Stop messing around with the other stuff and just catch some fish. Tie me on.” Like the Woolly...
The bull redfish, “bull reds,” of Louisiana have occupied some of the most exciting fly fishing videos to date. These leviathans are the stuff of dreams, and every fall and winter, we see countless pictures of these humongous beasts scattered throughout...
I’ve long been a major advocate of fishing flies that are versatile and that can imitate many different prey items, particularly when choosing a given bass fly to fill a specific niche. In general tackle, lures with an effective trigger and an overall profile that...
When fly fishing saltwater, there are a dozens of factors that help determine our fly fishing success. When it comes to flats fishing, there is one factor that is hugely important, tides. Good guides understand tides and know what the fish do on a given tide in a...