.History of Mop Fly Mania Typical Mop Fly Jig Pattern Mop Fly Creator Jim Estes from Bryson City, North Carolina Mop fly mania history began in the late ’90s in Western North Carolina. Jim Estes began using the mop material on fly patterns here when the material first came available at a Dollar Store in…
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Learn to Hammer Trout with Dry Fly Techniques
Learn to Hammer Trout with Dry Fly Techniques Learn to hammer trout with dry fly techniques is a very enjoyable method to catch trout. Most of the masses in my part of the country tend to neglect fishing the surface. Tight lining with nymphs is no doubt a very productive technique overall. It can put…
Learn Tight Line Techniques (Euro-Nymphing)
History of Tight Line Techniques Learn tight line techniques (Euro-nymphing) to increase your hookups on the stream! Tight line nymph fishing has been around much longer than most Millennials realize. Some would say back all the way to the earliest forms of fishing a few thousand years ago! One of my mentors and friends, the late…