Anglers Trading Post Blog
Heisenberg Streamer
A good streamer fly has the right amount of motion, silhouette, contrast and color. You want a fly that looks like it moves, pulses, even breathes. We’re trying to trigger a reaction bite - a meal that can’t be passed up, that a trout will take the risk of leaving its lie to take
Chasing Snook
Snook. The elongated snout, with a savage underbite, resembled the monstrous pike from the Disney movie “The Sword in The Stone.” It left little doubt that this fish was a pure predator, capable of sucking in large volumes of water and devouring whatever it could fit down its throat.
Which Line Should You Choose?
Other than the hook, the line is the all important variable in your fishing success. You can buy the most technologically advanced fishing rod and reel humankind has ever produced, but without a fishing line, you might as well be fishing with a spear.
Redfish!
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that over the last ten years or so the redfish’s stock has really been on the rise. It seems like lots of people h...
About Spinner Baits
One of the key modifications you can add to a PIVIT Trailer Jig (or any other jig) is a spinner blade. These flat metal blades, which are often silver or gold colored, attach to the jig head through a right angled wire and spin to produce both flash and vibrations.
The One that Got Away - Steelhead
The line between exhilaration and devastation is finer in fishing than in most other pursuits. There is some balance between the satisfaction of landing fish and the pain of losing them that keeps the sportfisher motivated to come back instead of surrender in dejection or take up sudoku.
The One that Got Away - Rainbow
Fish get off. It's part of the deal. If you fish, sooner or later you will lose one that hurts.
The One that Got Away - Big Brown
You’d have to be blind and deaf as a fly fisher to fail to notice the allure and reputation of New Zealand trout fishing. The mythical isle’s spark...
When to Use Spinner Blades
One of the key modifications you can add to a PIVIT Trailer Jig is a spinner blade. These flat metal blades, which are often silver or gold, attach...
Why Hire A Guide?
A good guide will put you in the right spots, at the right times, with the right lure or fly, potentially saving you many hours of fruitless and frustrating prospecting.
Using Live Bait with Jigs
Jigs are deadly by themselves, but they can be enhanced in conjunction with live or dead bait. To take a live or dead bait and add the action of a jig makes an irresistible lure even more dangerous.
Why Go 5D?
Fair Flies brushes radically change the game when tying complex flies. Do yourself a favor and check them out.