Apparently so! I’ve always thought that Tenkara rods were just way too expensive considering their simplicity. Love the concept but hate the price. Seeing someone doing it on a budget is a goodly thing. Some more information over at Cape Fear Flyfishers…
One could have a whole lot of fun with a sub $30 fly fishing combo…
A while back a reader asked me what sort of handline rig I’d suggest using while cruising in the Caribbean and I told him that the gear outlined in the “Any Fool Can Catch Fish Guide… Basic Kit” post would be a good place to start. Not too long afterwards he got back to me, …
I’ve been working on putting together a couple of kits that folks can buy that includes everything you actually need at an affordable price to successfully fish from a sailboat while cruising. That said, putting together such a everything-you-need-and-something-to-put-it-in grab-bag of fishing gear that work is not quite as easy as one would think. Made …
A cruisers fishing kit question and an interesting grab bag… Read More »
Five to be precise.
Free fly fishing classes at an Orvis shop near you. Orvis Fly Fishing 101 from Orvis on Vimeo.
The other day a friend asked me if I ever got into meditation and my answer was sorta/kinda. The thing is, it all depends if you consider fly fishing or fly tying a form of meditation. Most folk feel that getting into fly fishing has both a rather steep learning curve, as well as, a …
When writing a tome such as the “Any Fool Can Fish Guide” I should admit to have taken a certain liberty in the title and in point of fact there ARE fools about who have found it difficult to get with the program… I know that I should have entitled it something more along the …
Last year having the mast fall down and go boom seriously cut back on my fishing and, as such, cut back quite a bit on the ongoing series of the “Any Fool Can Fish Guide”. It was hard to get in that “headspace” while building a new mast, sewing new sails and splicing really big …
The return of the “Any Fool Can Catch Fish Guide”… Read More »
For hand spears there are really only three ways to go for the pointy end… The paralyzer… Which has three tines that spread apart as they enter the fish. Some have barbs but they are not really needed as the spreading action does a pretty good job of keeping the fish on. In the one …