How to Spot Fish - Dealing With The Dreaded Fly Fishing Glare

It’s never too glary to find a few fish, you just have to adapt your strategy.

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PHOTO: Jakub Kanok Picture your typical lake stream mouth. These can fish well at this time of year but are not as easy to fish as some think. On a clear day you may hit one or two fish, but they...

Techy Thursday - DIY Sink Tips

When it comes to sink tips for two hand fly fishing we really are spoilt for choice. Airflo Flo Tips and salmon/steelhead weight Airflo polyleaders cover a wide range of angling conditions and are ...

Lucas Allen of King Tide Salt Fly has written a very useful piece (hopefully the first of many) on salt fly connections, specifically the backing to fly line link which is a very important one to g...

Friday Fly Day - Get slick!

Sometimes when fishing, it's all about profile. How much water your fly moves, how much movement is generated by materials, and how visible is your fly from a distance (presenting a head on, or bro...

Techy Thursday - Stripping 101

Yo! Letäó»s chat about a rather important aspect of swinging that most two hand tyros neglect... Undoubtedly the sexiest part of your routine with compact head systems is seeing a tight, straight D...

Sight fishing is by far my favourite form of fly fishing, this visual style of fishing is truly addictive! Both trout living in rivers and lakes are prime sight fishing candidates; here are a few p...

So there's one weekend to go on our Southern Lakes backcountry tributaries and with temperatures cooling the browns are on the move. However many anglers are struggling to entice these recent addit...

Techy Thursday - Late Season Glare

While the main freshwater season here in the S.I. has ended many of our top backcountry lake tributaries remain open for another month, offering often great opportunities to nab a large, migrating ...

We've been selling a lot of Airflo Miracle Braid of late as the local spey scene look for an easy to use, super long shooting running line for lighter / shorter heads. A question we often get asked...