Tying Al Ritt’s Fighting Crawfish by Darrell Olson | May 27, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, MayflyThe crawfish has long been recognized as a favorite food of bass, catfish, and other fish, but how many fly fishers regularly utilize a crawfish pattern? The crawfish is known to be an excellent fly for large browns, but have you considered a crawfish for rainbows,...
How to Tie The Grey Fred Fly by Darrell Olson | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fly Fishing, Kilroy HD, MayflyLet’s talk about how to tie the Grey Fred Fly. Peter Loevendahl from Denmark created the Grey Fred to target the Danish sea trout. It is a killer baitfish pattern for coastal environments so this fly should be a must have in your fly box for speckled trout,...
Fly Fishing the San Juan River in New Mexico Part 2 by Drew Ross | Apr 17, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fly Fishing, Freshwater Fishing, MayflyThe Juan a great place to kayak fly fish. Easy flows that allow you to paddle up and repeat your drift as many times as you like. More importantly, there are a ton of fish! Part 2 of the...
Trolling Flies for Ice-out Trout | Kayak Fishing by scott.barton@ottawa.ca | Apr 9, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, Freshwater Fishing, LiskaTrolling Flies for Ice-out Trout | Kayak Fishing Throughout the ice-belt of the Northern U.S and Canada, April is the time of year many of us have been waiting for all winter. Open water! The kayaks have been pulled out of storage, the Robins are singing, geese are...
How to Tie The Wooly Bugger Fly by Darrell Olson | Apr 7, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, JAdventures Main Banner, MayflyThe history of the Wooly Bugger fly dates back to the late 1960s. Credited for the design of the fly is Russell Blessing from Pennsylvania. The fly was designed to represent a hellgrammite. There is a possibly that the Wooly Bugger evolved from the Wooly Worm fly...
Trout Management | Delayed Harvest by Darrell Olson | Mar 26, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fly Fishing, MayflyI just recently started to participate in Project Healing Waters here in Charleston, SC. They meet twice a month on a regular basis tying flies; except when winter arrives the volunteers of the group will help the Veterans on building a fly rod. When rod building...
Fly Fishing the San Juan River in New Mexico by Drew Ross | Mar 25, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fly FishingJust returned from a 5 day fly fishing adventure on “The Juan” in northwestern New Mexico. It was both a wade and kayak fishing trip. The Juan is an awesome destination and if you bring your kayak, it will open a ton of great water to you. Lets go Fly...
Fly Fishing From a Jackson Bite Angler by simonmuller | Feb 26, 2020 | Austria, Bite, Fishing Feature, Fly Fishing, InternationalisationFly Fishing From a Jackson Bite Angler A few weeks ago I took my new Bite Angler and my Coosa HD for a nice trip to the legendary Bodden in Germany. My brother Sam and I met there with some really nice guys form Germany and Sweden for some great winter-pike-fishing....
2019 Year End Review – fly fishing thru 9 states by Drew Ross | Jan 20, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, MayflyI was able to travel and fly fish (wade and kayak) in 9 states (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado and New Mexico) in 2019. This is the wrap up video for those trips. The adventure continues in 2020 with more destinations...
Fall Fly Rod Musky by Nathan Rees | Oct 8, 2019 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Freshwater Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesI like to run a GoPro on my hat when I am fishing. I had been paddling down a small creek here in WV and had raised a few musky but nothing was committing as the water was pretty low and clear which had the fish a little skittish. I finally paddle in to one of my...
Topwater Bass on the fly by Brian Cadoret | Sep 23, 2019 | Big Rig, Bite, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesWhat’s better than targeting Largemouth Bass with topwater flies that imitate Frogs, Rats and Ducks? The silent approach and stability of all the Jackson Kayaks are a key to making it happen. My go to models this year have both been 2019 releases the Big Rig HD and...
Fly fishing for Trout by Sam Baxter | May 21, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, UKAs a rule I like my Pike & Perch fishing and when possible sea fishing for Cod & Pollock, however now and again I like to do a spot of fly fishing. I admit I’m not the best fly caster but I can do enough to ‘get the job done’ but that’s...
