Apparently I have picked up a new nifty trick of knot tying without even touching the fishing line! Upon further probing, this knot tying trick appears to be a bane of many fly fishing beginners and to a lesser extend, lure casters that uses spinning outfits. Known as the wind knot, it appears almost magically
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WAITER! THERE’S A FLY IN MY… ERRR… POND. Among the intriguing allure of fly fishing is the fly itself. If fly casting is an art-form, then the fly tying is an art. The dry flies pictures here are real tiny and they are tied by Nick Ooi of Tacklebox Adventures. The flies are so small
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Learning fly casting can be tiring. Just swinging the rod back and forth without the proper technique is quite pointless, and demoralising as your fly hardly goes very far. On the other hand, I can possibly go-on casting and casting for days with a baitcasting setup. That’s because it’s become so second nature to me
Peacock Bass. Fly-fishing first-blood. Read More »
A friend recently asked if I managed to hook anyone during my first fly casting session. Well, I did actually. Me! I got hooked literally on fly fishing. Not physically. Though that might happened with my wayward false-casts. See, I’m already beginning to speak the fly fisho’s language! Many thanks to Nick from Tacklebox Adventures
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There’s more than one way to skin a cat and there’s more than one way to catch a fish! Does that make any sense? Nevermind, after catching my first fish using rod & line some twenty plus years ago, I have finally taken the plunge into the realms of fly fishing. A form of fishing
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