by txadmin | Nov 2, 2015 | Education
After The Cast Mend! Mend! Mend! I’m sure if you have fished with a guide either wading or in a drift boat you have heard this once or twice. Often the more you hear it the louder and more frantic it gets. The guide wants you to catch fish and have a good...
by txadmin | Oct 1, 2015 | Education
October 2015 Telling Tails First, let’s define what a tailing loop is. I’m sure many, if not all, have heard the term “wind knot”. This term leads many to believe that the tangle or knot in the end of a leader or line is caused by the wind....
by txadmin | Sep 10, 2015 | Education
Accuracy Made Easy! In previous articles we have talked about loops, false casting and distance but have not mentioned an important aspect of our casting. As in almost all sports there is one thing that we strive for and it can determine success or failure. It...
by txadmin | Aug 18, 2015 | Education
From the Texas FlyFishers: Our speakers for August, 2015 will be presented as part of the annual club Mini-Expo scheduled for Saturday, August 22nd to be held at Terrace United Methodist Church, 1203 Wirt Road, Houston, Texas. Speakers will be making presentations...
by txadmin | Aug 6, 2015 | Education
Casting Big Flies and Heavy Stuff When casting big flies, sink tips, sinking lines, tandem fly rigs more than likely we will need to consider how we will do this. When we teach fly casting we always seem to focus on narrow loops and this is okay. This is because...
by txadmin | Jul 11, 2015 | Education
Air in Motion There is something that is always around that can effect our casting that we cannot control. We have to resign ourselves to the fact that we will have to deal with it and make the best of the situation. No, it’s not your fishing buddy that...