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November, 2021 Perfect Fly Journal

Perfect Fly November Fly Fishing Journal Contents: Late Autumn/Early Winter Season Tips Articulated Streamers Fishing Spring Creeks Winter Steelhead Fishing Pre-rigged Trout Flies Holiday Gifts Guide Fly Fishing for Speckled Trout Late Autumn/Early Winter Season Tips By James Marsh      When the first cool mornings of Fall come around, anglers come out from their airconditioned hangouts to pursue their favorite fish on the fly –… Read More »November, 2021 Perfect Fly Journal

Perfect Fly Journal – October, 2021 Issue

Streamer Fishing For Trout Perfect Fly Pre-rigged Flies Fly Fishing For Trout In Tailwaters Featured Streams – Streams Of Great Smoky Mountains National Park New Product Talking to anglers almost everyday of my life, I commonly hear concerns when it comes to fishing streamer flies. Some don’t even have a clue as to what foods some of them imitate. A wooly bugger is an old… Read More »Perfect Fly Journal – October, 2021 Issue

Great Lakes Salmon

The Chinook salmon, which is the largest and most popular of the Great Lakes species were introduced into the system in the 1870’s. Coho, Sockeye, and Pink salmon as well as two different strains of Atlantic salmon were also introduced into the system in the years following.   Chinook which is also called the King salmon is the largest and does very well living its entire… Read More »Great Lakes Salmon

Fly Casting – Part Five – Reach Cast

“Tight loops” are words that have been used far too often, especially if you want to apply them to fishing the streams of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Loose loops” would much better describe the cast you need to make in the park. The loop made during a roll cast is not exactly tight, just for example. If you want some words that describe… Read More »Fly Casting – Part Five – Reach Cast

Fly Casting – Part Four – Casting Techniques

The tip of the rod is what controls the fly line. The line just follows the rod tip so to speak. Ideally, when the line clears the water and becomes airborne, you should accelerate the back cast and then abruptly stop. This should provide enough energy to straighten the line out behind you. Just as the loop unrolls and the line becomes straight, you should… Read More »Fly Casting – Part Four – Casting Techniques

Fly Casting – Part Three – Tips

Before we get into casting, remember that although casting is an important function in fly-fishing, there are a lot of other things that are just as important ifnot more important than making a perfect cast. Reading water, finding fish,knowing the habits of the fish you are after, knowing where to cast, and many other things can be far more important than making a perfect cast.… Read More »Fly Casting – Part Three – Tips

Fly Casting – Part Two – Long Cast Aren’t Necessary

Let me get to a main point you shouldn’t ever forget. Anytime and anywhere, anyone is trying to cast for trout by making a cast of over forty or fifty feet long, unless they have special circumstances that are not normal, they are using the wrong approach. Most all of the cast you make for trout should be less than thirty, feet long anywhere you… Read More »Fly Casting – Part Two – Long Cast Aren’t Necessary

Fly Fishing For Steelhead – Casting

Many fly fishermen over do the complexities involved with casting. Some want to make it more important than it really is. Many think you must learn to cast a long way to catch fish on the fly. While all of the above is true, there’s always those guys that try to fish the steelhead rivers of the Northwest Pacific and the tributaries of the Great… Read More »Fly Fishing For Steelhead – Casting

Fly Fishing For Winter Steelhead

Catching Winter Steelhead takes a lot of planning and patience when you get there. You must plan your trips between storms and during the right stream conditions. If your new at Winter steelhead fishing, you will need to know what your really getting into. This isn’t to try to discourage you. It’s just to make you aware of what your up against so you can… Read More »Fly Fishing For Winter Steelhead

Fly Fishing For Pacific Steelhead

According to avid Steelhead anglers, fly fishing for Steelhead is frustrating and you often go home without a single strike, but when you do hook up with one, it’s the ultimate fly fishing experience. Steelhead make hard, fast runs, stripping your fly down to the backing. They can also put on some acrobatic displays that gets any anglers heart pumping fast. Steelhead are rainbow trout… Read More »Fly Fishing For Pacific Steelhead