Joe explained how I needed to pick out one of the fish that was making the splashy rises and concentrate on placing my fly about a foot above that spot. I picked out a fish and Joe waded along beside me as we got into position.

"We want to be below the fish but not directly below him," Joe explained. "Below and just off to one side is ideal. That will allow you to put your fly above him and you will not have to cast directly over him."

Universe Publishing, and Rizzoli International Publications Inc., in cooperation with the Orvis® Company of Manchester, Vermont have recently released three new offerings.

We had several things happen on Sunday morning. It was not much of a day of rest. It was nearly 3 pm when we got home. My wonderful wife suggested that I needed to head to a pond. She thought that it would help my mental status. Hers would be helped by a nap or a good book, possibly both in some order.

Spring disappeared. It is hot. By the time I can get out to a pond it is 85 degrees out. I would have liked to have been out earlier, but other things got in the way. It has not rained for a few days. Hopefully the water will be clearer, but that means that the fish might be deeper.

At some time many anglers will hire a guide. It has been my good fortune to have both fished with a guide as a paying client, fished with a guide [more than one] as a friend, and having worked as a guide. I have many friends who are, or who have been, professional fly fishing guides and that exposure has provide me with some knowledge that may be helpful to anyone thinking about hiring a guide.

This is my version of an old New Zealand pattern that has stood the test of time and, has proved to be a good fish fetcher for me either in Lakes or River and Stream fishing.

With my eyes on a target comprised of a location where a small section of lily pads joined a deeper bank lined with cattails, I leaned back into my float tube and slowly finned. I had about 70 yards to go, so I was in no rush and took the time to inspect my small popper for damage.

To: ACMECO@WB.ACME.COM
From:W.e.Coyote@roadrunnet.net
Subject: I'm done!!!!

 

To Whom it may concern:

After years of unsuccessful attempts at catching the Road Runner, with and without the help of your clever yet faulty products, I have chosen to give on up this fool hearted act and I have taken up the more relaxing art and past time of Fly-fishing and Fly tying. Thus I will no longer be requiring any further catalogs of your products. Please remove me from your mailing lists both E-mail and US Postal.

Sincerely Wile E. Coyote

You may have noticed a particular listing on the For Sale section of our very well read Bulletin Board. The listing is FAOL Equipment Sale. Before you start any rumors forming in the back of your conspiracy-theory fisherman's mind, we have decided we just have too much stuff and fly rods and reels fall into that slot. No other thoughts at all. 

When my nephew and I, who just happens to be a fly fishing outfitter and guide, get together the conversation usually turns to fly fishing. In fact, it always turns to fly fishing. I guess that I am to blame for that because he was always following me around like a puppy dog when we were younger and he picked up all my bad habits. [Love of nature, fly fishing, etc.]

The good news is that the waterways in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are finally beginning to look like trout streams again. As I write this the Yellowstone River at Livingston, Montana is approaching 9,000 cfs, down from its high point in late June of 36,000 cfs. However, even at its current rate of flow it is still about 5,000 cfs above what would be considered normal at this time of the year. This is true of all the waterways in the area.