Stocker Trout Fishing News

Number 14 in the “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” podcast series where I review fly fishing tips in parallel to the current Winter Trout Stocking Season in our area. This week it’s tips 50 through 55! Tip 50: Finding Your Mark Tip 51: The Swing Tip 52: Doing the Continental Tip 53: Weighty Matters, Part 1 Tip 54: Weighty Matters, Part 2 Tip 55: Weighty Matters, Part 3 Do check back on our next episode in the series where we discuss tips 56 – 61. Tip 56: The Difference between a Good Fisherman and a Great One? A BB Tip 57: Knockout with the Bolo Punch Tip 58: Seeing the Light Tip 59: The Thin, Clear Line Tip 60: Live With It Tip 61: Feeling Skitterish Good Luck and Good Fishing! Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2QczofU

Number 11 in the “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” podcast series where I review fly fishing tips in preparation for the upcoming Trout Stocking Season. This week it’s fly fishing tips 41 through 45! Tip 41: What Spooks Trout Tip 42: The Hard Splashdown Isn’t Bad Tip 43: Make the First Cast Count Tip 44: Time Your Casts Tip 45: Give Me a Good Drift Do check it out, and do check back for the next episode for Part Two in the Little Red Book of Fly Fishing – Presentation: 61 Tips to Help You Place and Drift Your Flies So Trout That Trout Want to Eat Them! Good Luck and Good Fishing!

Number 10 in the “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” podcast series where I review fly fishing tips in preparation for the upcoming Trout Stocking Season. This week it’s fly fishing tips 37 through 40! Tip 37: Remove the Shackles Tip 38: Lose the Tailing Loop Tip 39: Fish Like a Snake Tip 40: Will Your Casts Do check it out, and do check back for the next episode for tips 41 – 44! Tip 41: What Spooks Trout Tip 42: The Hard Splashdown Isn’t Bad Tip 43: Make the First Cast Count Tip 44: Time Your Casts Good Luck and Good Fishing! Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2QczofU (Podcast has migrated to the iFishNews Fishing Podcast Series - Click Link )

As part of our Little Red Book of Fly Fishing series on our iFishNews Fishing Podcast, here is a video to expand on Tip 26 that calls for casting 40 feet in 4 seconds. The book mentions fly casting from a practical caster standpoint – specifically, being able to cast 40 feet of line in 4 seconds to a target called out by someone else at random. This one had our interests, so we decided to give it a try. Lesson Learned: It’s challenging, don’t try to recover from a bad cast or mistake just to make the 4 second time limit. Better to take to time to recover, and prepare for the next cast. Do give it a try and see if you are a practical caster! Hear more tips on the latest iFishNews Fishing Podcast at https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-aktuk-eefae4 Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2QczofU

As part of our Little Red Book of Fly Fishing series on our iFishNews Fishing Podcast, here is a video to expand on Tips 3 – Point Your Cast and Tip 10 – Watch Your Thumb. Point your cast suggests where you point your rod tip is also where your cast will go. Watch your thumb is a good rule of thumb… LOL, to keep you from bringing your rod to far back on the backcast. Both tips are solid… so since we are at a pond “practicing” decided to go ahead and go fishing, too!

Third in our “Little Red Book of Fly Fishing” series podcast where I review fly fishing tips in preparation for the upcoming Trout Stocking Season.  This week it’s fly fishing tips 9 through 12! Tip 9: Take a Bow Tip 10: Watch That Thumb Tip 11: Say Hello to Good Casting Tip 12: William Tell Overture Do check it out! Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2QczofU

Here is a video that details how to fly fish without a fly rod using two methods – Bubble Fly Rigs and Spoon and Fly Rigs. The Bubble Fly Rig is a proven method for fishing flies use a bubble float cast with a spinning rod and reel. It targets fish feeding on the surface, just under the surface, and in the upper part of the water column. The Spoon and Fly Rig is not as well known and limited information can be found online. But, it has been a consistent fish getter for those situations where fish are in the lower part of the water column, actively feeding on baitfish and other “tasty morsels”! Do give them a try and keep them at the ready when fish flies are the go to pattern but you don’t have a fly rod, still learning to cast one, or the situation warrants spinning gear over a fly fishing gear!

Tied some dry flies before heading out to the local pond that was recently stocked with trout. Although we struck out on trout, did overcome a situation… ran out of the Gink Dry Fly Floatant we have used for years. Fly shop was closed, so what to do? Luckily, while stopping for coffee and donuts at the RaceTrac convenience store found Carmex at the counter. Made with 50% white petroleum jelly, figured it would work in a pinch. Sure did… fly stayed on the surface without an issue! PS: Was noted that it may be hard on fly line and leader. Since our motto is to “Learn to fish by our trials and errors”, will try it out for season and see if our fly line and leader are impacted by Carmex…. More to come!