In this video Ed Ward shares some thoughts on Skagit casting with the help of a wiffle golf ball. He covers the differences between single hand overhead casting and Skagit casting, connecting and separating the planes of a Skagit cast,…
Commando Heads have distinct advantages for beach fishers: they allow for easy distance with minimal false casting, they can be cast in multiple different ways, they allow for fishing up against trees and steep banks at high tide, and they…
Learn how to tie a simple and effective baitfish pattern that incorporates a single composite loop and a simple ostrich tail. This fly moves extremely well and has complex iridescent colors like a real baitfish. It also features Fish Masks,…
This video features a bunch of single hand Skagit casts from Ben Paull of Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics. Ben lays out the case for using Commando Heads on single hand rods: they’re fun, you can cast them almost anywhere, they’re…
opskagit.com If you love the Intruder, check this out. This video provides step-by-step instructions on how Ben Paull ties a Micro Intruder. Tied on a size 10 streamer hook, this is a pretty small intruder, but you can tie them…
Tying soft hackles can be tough. The feathers are short, it can be hard to find the right sized feather, and the stems can break. Cutting off the tips of feathers, adding dubbing and sculpin wool, and spinning them all…
Chum salmon get a bad wrap. Most of that is just snobbishness on the part of fishermen who don’t appreciate an abundant, hard-fighting fish. But the chum most people know, the heavily barred, hook-jawed green goblins, don’t start out that…
Ed Ward offers on-the-water micro Skagit tips on a variety of subjects as he casts a 9’9″ 3 weight graphite rod and a 7′ 4/5 weight rods on a small stream, casting for accuracy in and around cover. He covers:…
Legendary Great Lakes angler and guide Dave Pinczkowski shares his Swing Craw- a crayfish pattern that has the two attributes of a truly great fly: ease of tying …