Fall is an excellent time of year to be fly fishing at HomeWaters. If you missed my previous post discussing all the fall fishing options we have at the club,…
Category: Fly Fishing Tips
Fly Fishing Tips: Capitalize on the First Cast
The first cast made to a fish usually has the best chance of catching that fish. Although it really can be that simple, I guess one sentence wouldn’t make a…
Fly Fishing Tips: Selecting a Leader
Selecting a leader is a routine aspect of rigging up for a day on the water for fly fishing. Like many aspects of fly fishing, there are endless options available…
Fly Fishing Tips: Four Styles of Fly Patterns for High Water Conditions
Last year and so far this year we’ve no shortage of water from continued rainfall. Knowing how to adapt and fish higher than average water levels is the key for…
Featured Fly: San Juan Worms
Whether or not you consider it a fly, there are few flies better suited to fly fishing high water than the San Juan Worm. I have no problem carrying worm…
HomeWaters Fly Fishing: Beats for the Mobile Angler
Do you like being mobile while you fish, enjoy covering large sections of water, or prefer being able to fish through a beat going spot to spot? If the answer…
Fly Fishing Tips: Fish Smarter, Then Harder
“Ours is the grandest sport. It is an intriguing battle of wits between an angler and a trout; and in addition to appreciating the tradition and grace of the game,…
Dry Fly Fishing: A Couple Tips for the Little Juniata
This week’s blog is a timely repeat of one Kyle wrote a couple year’s ago. There are a couple references to bugs that are not accurate (it was originally written…
The Headwaters
It was a warm day for February and the sun angled through the hemlocks as we fished our way through the forest. The creek was at a perfect level and…
Dry Fly Fishing: May Hatches in Forge Bottom
The buzz around fly fishing is usually all about the bugs, this is even more true during the spring season. May is often considered the major hatch month of the…