 | An Interview with Barry Reynolds I recently had the opportunity to do a short interview with Barry Reynolds about fly fishing for Northern Pike and Carp. I had been fly fishing for about a year when I first heard of Barry Reynolds. I wanted to get serious about fly fishing for Northern Pike and a friend recommended his book, “Maste ... read more |
| Dave Carne Interview Dave Carne Interviewby Alex Cerveniak Adsense Hailing from the Lake District, in the United Kingdom, Dave Carne is a Graphic Designer who came back to fly tying after a 25 year absence that began when he went to college. Since his return in early 2005, he has been dazzling us with some absolu ... read more |
 | Feather Detox Feather DetoxKeeping your materials bug-freeby Alex Cerveniak Bugs. Many of us live for them. In the off-season, we spend countless hours creating them to fool that monster Brown that reminded us the previous season that the river is his playground, and he’s the bully. During the fishing sea ... read more |
 | Rabbit Strip Dahlberg Diver How to Tie the Bunny Strip Dahlberg Diverby Alex Cerveniak AdsenseThis fly is probably one of my favorites to fish and tie. You can fish it on the surface or use it with a sink tip, or full sinking line and fish it sub-surface. Tie it big, or tie it small. If you don’t have rabb ... read more |
 | Need A Band-Aid? Part I Need A Band-Aid? Part Iby Alex Cerveniak Adsense The weather is perfect, a gentle breeze on the back of your neck; you manage to make your way down to the river without getting turned around in the dense jungle of cedar and pine scrub. As you’re standing in the water you see there are a lot o ... read more |
This week’s typing tip is in response to a question by Hatches reader, Nick S. from Boise, ID. Nick wanted to know if we had any suggestions for a small, lightweight fly tying vise to use streamside, or on backcountry fly-in/ hike-in fly fishing trips.
GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS, FALCON), November 1997
Binding Type: Hardcover
Retail Price: $16.95 at the Hatches Store
ISBN: 1-55821-067-9
“The trout’s biggest advantage is selectivity, and we can counteract it only by knowing the insects that make up his diet. This is the reason for the study of stream entomology by the angler, and it is often the weak link in his skill.”
-Ernest Schwiebert
Trout Stream Insects: An Orvis Streamside Guide is by no means a new book. However, since it was first published in 1990, it has successfully been introducing novice …
Called the “bobbin of bobbins,” Marc Petitjean’s “Thread Through Bobbin,” aims to solve a few classic design limitations of standard bobbins.
Sand Creek is a pretty little piece of trout water that harbors some very fussy fish. Clear water in a small creek demands a quiet approach; casting from the bank is a good strategy when fishing small flies to springtime trout. Photo by Russ Forney
Springtime in Wyoming can be pretty elusive. Just when the first flush of prairie wildflowers sweetens the air, the next storm buries them under a foot of snow. Somewhere between the first Meadowlark and the last new calf, winter finally begins to relax its icy grip. …
With rubber legs showing up in more and more fly patterns, one common problem fly tier’s are facing is that they get in the way when tying a whip finish knot. In this week’s Tying Tips, Hatches Magazine staff member Alex Cerveniak shares three quick and easy ways to keep those rubber legs out of the way.
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