Category Archives: General Techniques

General Info about all types of fishing and rigging.

Seatrout in the Baltic – By Silja Longhurst

When going seatrout fishing and you are a novice to the sport, it can end up being rather frustrating. Hours and hours of casting, standing in cold water and freezing your various extremities (yes, even though I am a woman, … Continue reading

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Eat to Landed – By Scott O’Donnell

Eat, bite, chew, nibble, pluck, pull, yank, take, tug, grab, ripped, slammed, hammered – whatever you want to call it, when you’re swinging a fly for steelhead you’re lucky to get a couple of them in a full day of … Continue reading

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Pheasant Tail Nymphs – By Barry Beck

It seems like so long ago now when I think back to a long awaited package that arrived by air mail. It was a small box neatly wrapped in plain brown paper and weighing almost nothing and I quickly opened … Continue reading

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Double Loop-to-Loop Connection – By Jon B. Cave

Because the standard loop-to-loop connection is versatile, simple to use, and slides through rod guides easier than other knots, most of us rely on it at some point to fasten a loop on one part of the line system to … Continue reading

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Finding Trout in Protective Stillwaters – By Phil Rowley

In my previous blog entry I discussed comfort factors you can use to help determine where trout might be holding in your favorite lake or perhaps one you are visiting for the first time. In addition to comfort, other factors … Continue reading

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Rigging it Right, By Nick Curcione

Luck plays a part in practically everything we do even with our leisure time pursuits and fishing is no exception. Eventually however, blind luck becomes less of a factor and over time it is the knowledgeable angler who constantly experiences … Continue reading

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