Fly Fishing Links:
Basic Fly Fishing:
General Information:
Organizations:
International Federation of Fly Fishers
The Washington State Council of International Fly Fishers
COVERING THE DRIFT ARCHIVES Including the Current Issue
B.C. Federation of FLY Fishers
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Misc:
Basic Overhead Cast:
Joan Wulff teaches the Basics of Fly Casting:
Joan Wulff on the Hand and the Arm:
Joan Wulff Teaches Shooting Line
McNeils Tips for Casting into the Wind
Joan Wulff Teaches The Double Haul
How to net and release a Fish Properly
Roll Cast:
Joan Wulff Teaches The Roll Cast
Roll Cast and explanation of the D-Loop
Roll Casting, for Tighter Loops
Position Casts:
OPST:
Skagit Casting demonstrated by Ed Ward Part 1
Ed Ward on the Perry Poke - OPST
Micro Skagit Commando Head Tips with Ed Ward - OPST
Ed Ward on OPST Lazar Line and Knot Tying -OPST
Dave Pinczkowski Single Hand Skagit Casting - OPST
How to Set Up a Commando Head System - OPST
Spey, Skagit, and Scandi Casting:
Steve Rajeff explaining the three predominant styles of Spey casting
Choosing the ideal Spey line, by Simon Gawesworth of Rio products">
Running Line Handling for Scandinavian and Skagit Spey cast
Spey Casting:
Skagit Casting - Defined and Simplifyed
Spey Casting Tips - Anchor Placement
Single Spey and Switch Cast with G-Loomis
Step and Slide with CSP How to work the run.
Scandi Casting:
Underhand Technique - Goran Andersson
Goran Andersson's full fly casting show in 2013
Master the Scandinavian Speycast with Henrik Mortensen
Rod designer Andre Scholz gives a few pointers on Scandi casting
Scandi Short VersiTip from Rio and Simon Gawesworth
Airflo Scandi Compact Fly Line with Tim Rajeff
Skagit Casting:
Skagit basic Casting 20 minutes
Simon Gawesworth the Skagit casting
Leaders and Tips
An explanation of RIO MOW tips
An explanation of RIO MOW tips
Books for Beginners:
While there are many great Fly Fishing Books for Beginners, the Fidalgo Fly Fishers club recommend the following two books as starter
books because of their approach to Fly Fishing and the completness of content. These books are no substitute
for the Fidalgo fly Fishing course offered by the Skagit Valley Comunity College.
The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide, (Competely Revised and Updated) by Tom Rosenbauer, in 2007. The Orvis Company. Printed by Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut. 2
46 pp.
The L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing in Paperback by Macauley Lord, Dick Talleur, and Dave Whitlock.
Fly Tying for Beginners:
The better way to learn how to tie flies is to attend a class or to carefully watch tiers at sport shows or club meetings
and ask questions. The latter process usually does not get you involved with the basics because the tier is probably
creating an advanced style. If you are unable to attend a class, there have been numerous books printed
over the years where the author tried to create the necessary explanations for beginners.
Fly Tying Made Clear and Simple by Skip Morris, A Frank Amato 1992 original publication now in its 23rd printing, is a good
beginners book if you can not attend a fly tying class.
Fly Patterns for Stillwaters by Philip Rowley. Rowley begins with a season by season analysis of the diet of trout found in stillwater in BC and the northwestern US.
Taking each of the major categories (chironomids, scuds, damselflies, dragonflies, leeches, mayflies, caddisflies,
water boatmen, and "hodgepodge") in turn, he describes its life cycle and gives his thoughts on pattern design in
each category, he illustrates five to twelve flies that he has found to be effective imitations, gives step by step tying
instructions, and explains how best to fish each fly. The photographs of the natural insects are excellent.
The tying instructions are clear and well illustrated. Many of the patterns are original with Phil and all can be
tied by tiers of any skill level.
Knots:
Sixteen - Twenty Knot or Pitzen Knot
Bugs:
Dragonfly and Damselfly Life Cycle
Mayfly life Cycle and what Flies to use
Caddis Fly Life Cycle and what Flies to use
Another Dragonfly Life Cycle about 14 minutes
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