Consejos y tutoriales
You know it's a good fish before you ever get a clear look at it. It's easy to get cautious with a big trout on, and giving a fish all the room in the world can turn a manageable fight into a long one. How to set up before the fight, let the first run happen, steer with side pressure, use the river, and get the fish in the net and back in the water quickly.
One week the river is low and clear, and the next there's a leaf in every seam and something on the hook after every other drift. The trout haven't stopped eating; the trick is getting a clean fly in front of them. How to read what the leaves are telling you, find a lane you can fish, strip the rig down, tell a leaf from a take, and know when it's time to move.
By October most of the fly box has gone small. Then a big orange caddis comes fluttering up the bank. How the October Caddis hatch works, where and when to look for it on western rivers, why to start with a pupa near the bank, and three ways to fish the dry — dead-drifted, skated and waked.
The gray, drizzly day that makes the couch look good is often the best trout fishing of the week. What cloud cover, cold fronts, wind and rain actually change on the water, what the barometer is really telling you, and how we'd adjust for each — including the bright, cold day after a front.
Cooler mornings are a good excuse to make room in the fly box. What to set aside as terrestrial season winds down, what stays in year round, the small mayflies, midges and streamers worth adding, and how to give the summer flies some care before they go on the shelf.
