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Yinz want some free stuff?
10 years ago on March 1st, 2009 … The very first CastingAround post was on March 1st, 2009. The picture above is a collage with some photos from that first year. My first post wasn’t […]
Month: February 2019
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Coulee Killer – Evolution of a Fly
Fly tying is an activity which is related to fly fishing, but for many it is a pleasure apart from the fishing itself. It can be a dangerous thing to pursue and if you’re not […]
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Beginner’s Mind
A little over 9 years ago I began fishing with a tenkara rod. At that point I had been fly fishing for 17 years or so but tenkara gave me the gift of becoming a […]
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Pass Lake Wet Fly- Revisited
As I attempt to bring Casting Around back to life I am feeling nostalgic. One of my early posts (in April 2009) was about the Pass Lake Wet Fly. But since that post I have […]
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Killer Bug – an old yarn and some new yarn
The Killer Bug is not a new fly in any way, but it is a great simple pattern that plain works. I just stumbled on some new yarn that I thought looked awfully nice so […]
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Morgan Lyle’s Simple Flies: 52 Easy-to-Tie Patterns that Catch Fish (update with Q&A)
UPDATE: This updated post is combination of two separate posts: one from this Casting Around blog (from October 2015) the other a Q&A with author Morgan Lyle from my Three Rivers Tenkara Blog. Since I […]