Barbless Hooks Increase Your Catch Barbless hooks increase your catch rate while on the water. This topic comes up throughout the season. Here are some thoughts to consider in regards to this claim. Why is it most shops around the country still supply predominately barbed hooks? Maybe because tradition has a way of reluctance to change…
Category: Learn Hooksets
Learn Hooksets
Learn hooksets for fly fishing is one of the most important things to learn as a fly angler. In laymen terms, seal the deal! When opportunity strikes it is ultimately you the angler that is responsible to put that trout in the net!
There are commonalities which lead to a very high percentage of hookups with trout. In general, hooksets need to be in control by the angler to the downstream direction.
Most fly anglers yank the fly rod in a vertical direction which is out of control! Imagine fishing small flies on light tippet and YANK the rod is your default? Many a quality fish tends to be broken off on the strike with vertical and fast hooksets.
Time on the river will assist your journey for downstream hooksets to become your default.
Learn to Set the Hook Fly Fishing for Trout
Learn to Set the Hook Fly Fishing for Trout Learn to set the hook fly fishing for trout correctly will directly increase your numbers of fish to the net. In a sport full of prideful anglers it is rare that we see folks perfect this simple task on the stream. There is a perception with…