Alaska Fly Fishing – The Great Adventure

Can you feel the cool water coming up around your ankles? Can you feel the warm sunshine beating down on your face while watching the most beautiful Bald Eagles soar above? Then you do the only thing left to make this moment perfect, you begin to pick up your reel and step further into the water as rainbows and dollies swim just seeming to call your name. This is the experience that you can find when Alaskan fly-fishing. The experience of fishing in remote areas, soaking in some of the greenest trees you … read more

Going on the Perfect Fly Fishing Vacation

While most people would consider the perfect fly fishing vacation to be one that they come home from with tons of fish that is certainly not something that you can plan out. A good thing to do though to make sure that you do have the best shot at having the absolute best fly fishing vacation that you could ever have is to make sure that you have all of your supplies in order. Even though you may think that you have it all set based on what you remember having from last season, … read more

Polaris Flies video assures that all are welcome to watch this short message to his cousin James’ (an avid outdoorsman recuperating from a stroke) wife. He also answers questions he has received about fly tying in emails. Given encouragement to new tiers, who often think they can’t tie good enough! (I have no idea why I keep saying bonefish in this video — it’s a tarpon fly for you novices.) Tim ties a tarpon fly with the exact same steps as used in Nuclee-r Flies 102, just simply move … read more

NEW Flies fly tying instructional video featuring NEW FLY TYING MATERIALS (Patent Pending) FLIES and METHOD FOR MAKING FISHING FLIES (includes jigs and lures). In this episode Tim Caillouet shows how to easily tie and heat finish great iridescent flies with two colors of NEW FLY TYING MATERIALS carried exclusively by POLARIS FLIES. This Patent Pending tying system utilizes a special process that even Homer Simpson can use, to quickly tie iridescent flies under a special non-commercial use license, as is explained in the video. NEW FLIES – NEW … read more

This is part 3 Polaris Flies video of over 1000 flies that I created in a year. I had signed a book deal with a western publisher for “FLYTREK: ALASKAN FLY PATTERNS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION” which he reneged on, held those my best 165 patterns under copyright, effectively putting me out of business, until NEW and the wonders of youtube and the net! Almost all created with tying materials POLARIS FLIES designed. All these 1000 patterns and about the same again I created in 2000 were hid from … read more

Casting Tips for Fly Fishing

Are you having problems with your fly fishing casting technique? It’s a common problem especially with those who are “small fry” to the fishing hobby.  Fly fishing casting is one of the more difficult fishing techniques to master because angling on the water is very difficult when you consider that casting is all about practice.  Here are a few simple fly fishing casting tips and tricks.

How is Fly-Fishing Casting Different to Regular Fishing?

Fly fishing casting is different from your everyday run of the mill fishing.  First of all you are not fishing with your typical … read more

Fly Fishing Basics – the Artform of Fishing

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By Kelin Ray

When it comes to regular fishing practices, there is almost no one in the world that does not know the basics. However when it comes to the art of fly fishing, generations upon generations have found the basics to have eluded them. As a result of the new found fly fishing boom, there are plenty of those who wish to learn, and not really anyone to teach them. This can cause a problem for the fact that fly … read more

www.sporting-scene.com. Fly-fishing for grayling is a different sport than river trout fishing, if only because the best of the grayling season is in late autumn and winter, outside the trout season. But grayling are shoal fish, trout are not. Grayling feed in open water whereas trout tend to lie close to cover. Grayling will tolerate far more disturbance and bad casting than trout. Yet grayling are not foolish fish, and sometimes they take some catching! In this volume Malcolm Greenhalgh ties some flies ancient and modern that are specially … read more

Fly Tying Weedguards for Saltwater Fly Fishing from Award Winning Fly Tier Danny Sauvageau. Learn what fly tying materials used and techniques for weedguards on saltwater flies and bass flies.
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The Components Of Your Fly Fishing Tackle

When we refer to fly fishing tackle, we are really talking about the tools and supplies you need to become an effective fly fisherman.  Tackle is basically the equipment you use to catch fish.  The basic tackle includes a rod, reel, line, and hooks and lures.  You will want to pay special attention to the type of tackle that you carry with you when you are on a fly fishing trip.

Your rod is your most important part of fly fishing tackle.  It will make or break your fishing trip.  Having the right rod for … read more