News - Recent Posts
- Coulee Region in WI Has Best Mayfly Hatches? National Geographic seems to think so. - August 6, 2008
It turns out the Coulee Region is world famous for at least one thing — mayflies.
Make that millions of things. Renowned wildlife cinematographer Alastair MacEwen from the United Kingdom is visiting the area to...
- Wisconsin’s Driftless Area - Five Hours North of Chicago - August 5, 2008
Less than a five-hour drive from Chicago, this relatively undiscovered region of wrinkled valleys and limestone bluffs contains 63 spring-fed creeks running 220-plus miles. Called the Driftless Area because glaciers advancing from the north 10,000...
- Carp Wars: Idaho Department of Fish and Game Calls Carp “A Trash Fish” - August 5, 2008
Talk about irony. I had just finished reading tonight an article by Dave Whitlock in the latest edition of "Fly Fisherman Magazine," in which Dave declared the debate over whether or not carp was a...
- Sockeye return to Columbia River in numbers not seen since 1955 - July 26, 2008
One of the great fish surprises in years has landed in the Northwest: Sockeye salmon, an ocean-going species that starts and ends its life hundreds of river miles inland, have swum their way up the...
- Artificial Flies So Realistic, A Dragonfly Wants to Eat One - July 16, 2008
Graham Owen's flies are so lifelike, Hollywood movie makers pay him top dollar to create bugs - without hooks, of course - for their films. You can certainly fool some giant trout with these patterns,...
Todd's Blog - Recent Posts
- Carp on the Fly: Mink River, Door County WI - July 12, 2008
by Todd Wichmann
Jason has already posted a great article on catching smallmouth bass on the Mink River in his blog. However, since I caught my first carp on a fly rod on this river, I...
- Mayfly, Caddis, and Midge Hatches in Door County, WI (early June) - June 24, 2008
by Todd Wichmann
One of the happy surprises of my time in Door County, WI during the first two weeks of June was the prolific insect hatch activity I witnessed. I don't know why I was...
- Jason’s Ultimate Carp Fishing Outfit - June 5, 2008
Jason and I are going carp fishing in Door County, and this looks like the perfect outfit for carp fly fishing, with rubber boots and all. The only way to improve upon it would be...
- Smallmouth Bass on the Fly in Door County, WI - June 4, 2008
by Todd Wichmann
I'm enjoying two weeks in Door County, WI with my immediate and extended family. My grandmother was originally born in Sturgeon Bay, WI at the southern part of Door County at the turn...
- Nantahala & Smoky Mountains Fly Fishing Trip - May 11, 2008
by Todd Wichmann
I recently took a fly fishing trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and the rivers south of the park in North Carolina, specifically the upper and lower Nantahala.
While I have visited the park...
Jason's Blog - Recent Posts
- Mink River Smallmouth - June 10, 2008
By Jason Baker
Lake Michigan is the fifth largest freshwater lake in the world, and the largest freshwater lake located inside the contiguous border of the United States. With over 1,600 miles of shoreline,...
- Meet Dave - April 6, 2008
While in B.C. last week recording podcasts in April's kitchen, we met Dave. Dave has lots of tattoos. Dave has lots of very cool tattoos. Like these:
And how about this stone fly...
- Just got back from British Columbia - April 4, 2008
Hey all,
Todd and I just returned from our first official FFOTW.com fishing expedition. Todd was in Idaho for business for a few days and after I got off work I flew out and met...
- Salmon numbers fall, but possible explanations grow… - March 25, 2008
(03-22) 19:27 PDT -- A Chronicle story in 2006 warned of a deteriorating marine food chain off the California coast that has since led to the collapse of salmon stocks.Environmental Jane Kay wrote, "By now, the offshore waters...
- Fly Fishing Weekly - Dis of the Week - March 6, 2008
Episode #6: Shaving Beavers and Hanging Monkeys
As conservationists and animal lovers, we officially take a position of disgust and horror over the English pastime of shaving dead badger road-kill and leaving their bald corpses...
FFOTW Articles - Recent Posts
- Yampa River, CO Trip Report - August 11, 2008
The Yampa: Destination River?
By Anthony Naples
Firstly I'd like to qualify this article somewhat. If you are only interested in fishing remote trout streams for eager trout while enjoying uninterrupted solitude – DO NOT CONTINUE! If,...
- Building a Fly Rod Part VIII: Try it Out! - June 26, 2008
By Ryan Ricks
The Rod
The finish is on the rod and dry. The fly rod is complete! Here is the final rod.
Test it Out
After waiting a few days I finally had to test the action. ...
- Building a Fly Rod Part VII: Putting Finish on the Wraps - June 26, 2008
By Ryan Ricks
The rod is almost complete. The handle and guides are all on the blank. You are ready to take it out for
a spin....almost. The next step is to put the finish on the...
- Building a Fly Rod Part VI: Finishing the Guide Wraps and Tip - June 26, 2008
By Ryan Ricks
With the guide wrapped you are now holding a blank and thread that you do not dare let go of, as allyour hard work will unravel. We need to finish the wrap.
Finishing...
- Building a Fly Rod Part V: Selecting Thread and Starting the Guide Wrap - June 23, 2008
By Ryan Ricks
The handle and reel seat are attached. The guide locations are marked. It is now time to attach the
guides to the blank. This is done using thread. When all the guides are...
