General Posts – Page 6 – Casting Around

Coulee Killer – Evolution of a Fly

February 22, 2019 Anthony Naples 3

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 […]

Beginner’s Mind

February 21, 2019 Anthony Naples 4

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 […]

Pass Lake Wet Fly- Revisited

February 17, 2019 Anthony Naples 14

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 […]

Maybe it’s because I learned to fly fish on the limestone streams of central Pennsylvania, or maybe it’s because I have a real soft spot for a bucolic landscape with soft rolling hills, maybe it’s […]

Killer Bug – an old yarn and some new yarn

February 11, 2019 Anthony Naples 0

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 […]

Morgan Lyle’s Simple Flies: 52 Easy-to-Tie Patterns that Catch Fish (update with Q&A)

February 7, 2019 Anthony Naples 0

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 […]

Don’t Let Fly Tying Steal Your Joy and Hold You Back

February 5, 2019 Anthony Naples 10

I don’t want to get in trouble with the fly tying community. But fly tying is a potential road block to your fly fishing success. This isn’t news I reckon and it’s related to the […]