Around the time I was 15 or so George decided to teach me to fly fish. A few years earlier I killed my first deer with him (I still have a hunter’s orange ball cap that reads “I Killed My First Deer With George P. Mann”) and caught fish in the ponds on their property […]
The probability that a warm water fly fisherman reading the title to this post is going cross-eyed in bewilderment is very high. “You’re complaining about catching catfish on a fly rod?!” “You’ll catch overgrown goldfish all day, but turn your nose up at a catfish?” Well, yeah. Let’s talk for a moment.* Catfish are great. […]
I’ve been fishing San Juan Worms (SWJs) quite a bit recently. I know purists hate them. They don’t think they’re real flies. Whatever. I’m just trying to catch fish. Over the past two days I’ve caught countless sunfish, bass, and a catfish on this SWJ pattern. I’ve even hooked a few trout. That shows you […]
Tales from East Yahtam 