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Icefishing-For Beginners

Have you ever tried fishing in the winter months? This is the time everyone gets out on the lake. Even if you dont own a boat you can fish those places you always wanted to.

Here are a few tips on ice fishing. First of all, you dont need a lot of fancy equipment.A set of five tipups and a hand auger are all you need to get started.

A set of basic tipups with line will cost around seventy-five to a hundred bucks. Tipups are a simple affair where you set the cross sticks on the ice with your spool below the water line. Unless there is a lot of snow on the ice this should not be a problem as the
water will even out to the top of your hole. I know youre saying, how do you keep the line from freezing? This is accomplished through the use of braided line, sometimes called squid line. Theses lines are usually 18-25 pound test. Fill your spools to within 1/4 inch of the rim, for that big one that wants to run. After you have done this its time to add a leader. I normally use 8-14 pound test monofillament. If you are on a lake with a lot of
large fish go with heavier leaders. I use a swivel between my squid line and leader. This gives the bait a chance to move around without twisting the line. It also makes it easier to change hooks, just buy the pretied leaders and hook them on your swivel and youre ready to go fishing.

Finding Bait
Dont know what the fish are biting on? A stop at your local bait shop will get you some pretty good tips on what is working. Its a good idea to pickup a couple different types of baitfish. You never know what they are biting on today. Pick up a dozen of two different
types to get started. When hooking the bait on the hook I like to hook them just behind the dorsal fin. Most fish will take the bait from the rear, so you want the hook where it
will do the most good.

On The Lake
Now youre on the lake with your traps in hand and you need to get to the fish. This is where your auger comes in. Whether you opt for a hand auger or a power auger, you need
to find a place to fish. A good place to start is around points, as fish use these spots to find bait fish year round. If you know of a deep hole within walking distance, head out
there without further delay. Fish will hang on the edges of the hole looking for baitfish all year. Get that auger powered up and lets drill some holes. Drill a couple to start with and
after you get a couple of traps set up drill the other three. Be sure to check your states lawbook as some places restrict the number of traps. If you dont get any flags after a while, dont be afraid to move.
Thats just about it for getting started. Make sure you are dressed for the weather to make your day more enjoyable. Dont forget the kids, they make good runners when the bait bucket is out by the last trap in line.
Stay warm and good fishing.

About the Author
Written by Ron Shannon; contact at hobbit@midmaine
Outdoors With Ron at outdoorswithron

The author lives in central Maine and spends much of his time in the outdoors.

Ice Fishing Tips


Ice Fishing Depth Sounder

If you ever need a quick depth sounder when ice-fishing, you can make one with a small bobber and bell sinker. Just attach the sinker to the bottom line retainer of the bobber and the hook or lure to the top retainer. This makes it easy to find the waters depth.

One of the most effective tools for any ice fisherman is the fantastic Evening Secret to swarming hungry fish to your spot. A great way to increase your ice catches.

Falling through the ice

If you are out with a buddy ice fishing and there is a possibility of breaking ice, make sure to stay at least 10 feet apart to spread out your weight. You should also each carry long poles; they can be used to straddle the hole to help you climb out. Make sure to have a poncho, waterproof matches, safety pins, bandages, knife, candles, bouillon cubes, and cocoa or soup. Put all of them in a watertight metal can which can be used to heat water over a candle in an emergency.

Freezing

If you are an ice fisherman and consistently have problems with your hole freezing up instead of pouring anti-freeze into the hole (which shuts down fishing action), use denatured alcohol. It is less expensive, has no odor or taste, and is available at any pharmacy.

Bait

If you are an ice fisherman (which 2 million people are in the U.S.), the following bait will bring you even more success.

For Bluegills use tiny ice spoons (1/32 to 1/80 of an ounce), ice flies or No. 10 or 12 gold hooks. Tip them with gall worms, crane fly larvae, mousies, mealworms, wax worms, or maggots. Fish the offering with a light tremble or quivering movement. Try levels from one to three feet off bottom, over depths o f10 to 20 feet. A murky or weedy bottom is best for them.

For crappies, use a Swedish Pimple jiggling spoon, Rapala ice fishing plug or live minnows fished on No. 2 to 6 hooks. Crappies can suspend at just about any depth, from a few feet below the ice to just off bottom, in water from five to 20 feet deep. Move often.

Yellow perch use the same baits as for crappies and bluegills. Also try jigging spoons sweetened with the eye from a freshly caught perch or a tiny strip of meat sliced from a perch or bluegill.

Trout shoal areas, the mouths of inlets, and points have produced the most rainbows, browns and brookies through the ice. You can catch them on about every kind of bait or lure you can think of. Wet flies and nymphs with a sp lit-shot crimped a foot above for weight are good, as are minnows, spinners, jigging spoons and ice rapalas.

Pickerel, Pike, Muskies live minnows or dead ones rigged to hang horizontally in the water are the best producers. Tip-ups allow you to spread your baits over a wide area in weedy coves and on points where these predators rove under the frozen lakes surface searching for prey.

Walleyes reefs, points, inlets and outlets are good spots for ice walleyes. Live minnows, jigging Rapalas, Swedish Pimples, Hopkins and Gay Blades are consistent producers.Ice Fishing Depth Sounder

If you ever need a quick depth sounder when ice-fishing, you can make one with a small bobber and bell sinker. Just attach the sinker to the bottom line retainer of the bobber and the hook or lure to the top retainer. This makes it easy to find the waters depth.

One of the most effective tools for any ice fisherman is the fantastic Evening Secret to swarming hungry fish to your spot. A great way to increase your ice catches.

Falling through the ice

If you are out with a buddy ice fishing and there is a possibility of breaking ice, make sure to stay at least 10 feet apart to spread out your weight. You should also each carry long poles; they can be used to straddle the hole to help you climb out. Make sure to have a poncho, waterproof matches, safety pins, bandages, knife, candles, bouillon cubes, and cocoa or soup. Put all of them in a watertight metal can which can be used to heat water over a candle in an emergency.

Freezing

If you are an ice fisherman and consistently have problems with your hole freezing up instead of pouring anti-freeze into the hole (which shuts down fishing action), use denatured alcohol. It is less expensive, has no odor or taste, and is available at any pharmacy.

Bait

If you are an ice fisherman (which 2 million people are in the U.S.), the following bait will bring you even more success.

For Bluegills use tiny ice spoons (1/32 to 1/80 of an ounce), ice flies or No. 10 or 12 gold hooks. Tip them with gall worms, crane fly larvae, mousies, mealworms, wax worms, or maggots. Fish the offering with a light tremble or quivering movement. Try levels from one to three feet off bottom, over depths o f10 to 20 feet. A murky or weedy bottom is best for them.

For crappies, use a Swedish Pimple jiggling spoon, Rapala ice fishing plug or live minnows fished on No. 2 to 6 hooks. Crappies can suspend at just about any depth, from a few feet below the ice to just off bottom, in water from five to 20 feet deep. Move often.

Yellow perch use the same baits as for crappies and bluegills. Also try jigging spoons sweetened with the eye from a freshly caught perch or a tiny strip of meat sliced from a perch or bluegill.

Trout shoal areas, the mouths of inlets, and points have produced the most rainbows, browns and brookies through the ice. You can catch them on about every kind of bait or lure you can think of. Wet flies and nymphs with a sp lit-shot crimped a foot above for weight are good, as are minnows, spinners, jigging spoons and ice rapalas.

Pickerel, Pike, Muskies live minnows or dead ones rigged to hang horizontally in the water are the best producers. Tip-ups allow you to spread your baits over a wide area in weedy coves and on points where these predators rove under the frozen lakes surface searching for prey.

Walleyes reefs, points, inlets and outlets are good spots for ice walleyes. Live minnows, jigging Rapalas, Swedish Pimples, Hopkins and Gay Blades are consistent producers.

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4 Critical Fly Fishing Tips

Good Fly Presentation

Obviously, the goal when casting a fly is to present the fly to the fish in a realistic manner. You are trying to simulate nature here. If you are going for trout in a stream, for instance, this means a drag-free float of 36 inches over a precise spot that marks the window of a feeding fish.

Also remember that the Evening Secret (eveningsecretfishing/specialsecret/4_Fly_Fishing_Tips.php) will swarm fish to your spot consistantly, and help you catch more fish.

Never randomly cast you have got to pick a spot and hit it. Throw tight loops that put the fly on target. One important method that can be used is to overcast the target and stop the line short while it is in the air. The fly should come back to you and fall on the water with slack in the leader.

The best trout fishermen fish with only 30 to 35 feet of line, but make up for this with accurate casting. They read waters will and put the fly in the p ay zone time after time. One of the most important thins they do is to recognize that presentation and approach are much more important than pattern.

It is different for bass. Whether a surface bug or a streamer, the offering must move past a spot where a bass is apt to hold. As the boat drifts, it is important to pick a precise time to shoot a cast to the target. Too soon or too late, and the fly wont be in the right spot. This is where the double haul form of casting becomes essential. It generates line speed and enables the caster to pick 30 or 40 feet of line off the water and shoot another without false casting.

When bassing, make your presentation, retrieve 10 to 20 feet, pick up, and cast again without the need to false cast. After each one, drop the rod type and keep the butt of the rod near your belt buckle with the tip-top of the rod pointing at the line. A simple lift will let you execute the next pickup or strike a fish.

Leader Connection

If you are a fly caster, you know that a smooth connection between the leader and fly line is important in presentation. The best way to do this is to nail-knot a six-inch piece of 25-30 pound leader material to the end of the fly line. A loop like those found on snelled hooks is then tied into the opposite end. The connecting leader must also have a loop.

Connecting the leader itself is done by passing the loop attached to the fly line through the loop on the leader; reaching through the fly line loop. Next, grab the butt section of the leader and pull the leader up through until the tippet passes the loop. Last, just pull the loops together by tugging on the fly line and the butt section in opposite directions.

Strategy

If you are every in a situation where see large brown trout in open water and hold, your best bet is to use a No. 12 Cinnamon Ant and sink it. If this doesnt work, move to the No.16 Adams fly. Still nothing? Switch to the No. 20 Black Ant. Last-ditch effort would be to use a 3X tippet and use a No. 6 nymph or streamer.

Typically the bigger trout will leave small morsels to the small guys, preferring the bigger bites that are easy to get. They are very economical feeders.

High Rider Dry Flys

If your best dry-fly patterns are failing you, it may be time to switch to spiders and variants. Many times a spider or variant will bring trout to the surface, then you can switch back to a conventional dry fly.

These spiders and variants will delicately drop to the water, usually somersaulting or jumping after touching it. Fish find this very alluring.

High riding is another attribute of these flies. When tied properly, their hackles support the hook above the waters surface, thus imitating a natural fly much more closely than the ordinary fly does.

About The Author Copyright 2005 EveningSecretFishing FishingLong-Time Fisherman and President of EveningSecretFishing (eveningsecretfishing/specialsecret/4_Fly_Fishing_Tips.php). Feel free to use this article on your website or anywhere else - but all links and bio information must remain in tact. deep sea fishing Items For Viewing Ingenious Angler: Hundreds of Do-It-Yourself Projects and Tips to Improve Your Fishing Boat and Tackle Ingenious Angler: Hundreds of Do-It-Yourself Projects and Tips to Improve Your Fishing Boat and Tackle "A book full of things to do to get ready to fish or to make it easier and more fun."­­USA Today From optimizing a boat for fishing, to maintaining rods and reels, to improving store-bought lures or creating lures from scratch, here are 101 ingenious money-saving projects and do-it-yourself tips guaranteed to help small-boat anglers save money, catch more fish, and have more fun. 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At best you'll have someone to help if trouble strikes. If you have never taken a fly fishing trip before and youare planning on heading for the wilderness, take along abuddy. At worst you'll have someone to compete with duringthe telling of one that got away stories. At best you'll have someone to help if trouble strikes. Go prepared for all weathers and conditions. You'll be miserable if you spend several hours in freezing weather dressed only in shorts and t-shirt. Remember that the more remote the stream you are fishing,the more easily spooked the fish will be. Approach the watercarefully and think for a while before you wade in. Packing your gear for your fly fishing trip Try out your gear before you leave on your fly fishing trip.Broken tackle in remote areas is not easy to replace. Carrysome extras for emergency repairs. Avid anglers will often take a small fly tying kit with themso they can whip up a fly to match whatever is hatching on thewater. Others use scissors or clippers to trim a ready preparedfly into an "almost matches the hatch" one. Remember to take a current license with you. Murphy's law states that the only time you leave it behind is the time theranger will want to see it. Before you leave, have a look at the fishing reports for thearea you are intending to fish. You'll get good informationabout what's going on, including river levels, hatches and other details. When you arrive or get close to your destination, wander intothe local tackle store and speak with the sales people. They'llusually know what's going on and have a few tips for you. Guided or self-guided fly fishing trips A guided fishing trip is a good idea if you are fishing unfamiliar waters. Even a couple of hours with an expert willgive you hints and tips that apply to that particular spot. You'll spend more time in productive fishing. Guided trips can cost you dearly. You'll pay by the hour, bythe day, or by whatever the guide decrees. Some guided trips will include tackle, some will not. The price will vary accordingly. If you are an experienced angler and expert at reading any water then you'll be able to get away without paying for a guide. Sometimes peace and solitude is well worth a couple of hours of getting used to the stream. For me, the hike into the backcountry enhances the trip. Itake time to soak in the fresh air and admire the scenery. Thefishing is the climax, but the journey is well worth the time. Fly fishing is more than just a sport, it is like painting with many brushes. An extended fly fishing trip will enable youto practice your artistry. If you return with nothing more than a greater appreciation of the beauty of a trout, then you will have returned a greater artist. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dale East is a long time outdoorsman and fly fisher and publisher of Fly Fishing Wyoming What Are You Fishing With? Lure, Bait and Gear A 10-step exercise for services professionals to evaluate clients... Fly fishing -- it doesn't work, does it? When I first watched someone fly-fishing, they released the line and fling it far out into the water. No sooner had the fly hit the water was it being reeled back in. Even today, I still don't understand how this method catches any fish. Yet it does. The results had an opportunity to occur because the line was pitched. Fly fishing looks like so much more work compared to the worm, bobber, sitting on a camp chair, day dreaming, an occasional inconsequential conversation, sipping on a beer (okay root beer for family friendliness), relaxing and waiting for the bite. The energy is more comfortable yet the results less active -- maybe, maybe not. If you talk to a fly-fisherman, they claim there isn't anything better. And the same is uttered from a by-the-seat- of-the-pants fisherman as well (cute description huh?). Doesn't this sound like one marketing pitted against the other. What makes the two different? Technique? Yes. Water type -- salt or fresh? Yes. Type of fish? Yes. Equipment? Yes. Supplies? Yes. Or is it the bait? Yes. The right answer is "all of the above." You can also throw in the temperature, weather, and time of day. Everything depends on the right combination in the right order. You don't want to toss out the fly before the line. Well, I guess you can. But you miz-as-well kiss it goodbye. Or as my Grandmother used to say: Don't throw out the bath water before the bath. Marketing is not any different than fishing. If you are tossing out the wrong hook to the right fish, they are not going to bite. If you have the right fish and hook, and the wrong technique, maybe a prayer or two will work. The results might trickle now and then. Yet, not the results you need. This is why marketing experts emphasize the importance of knowing your target market. If you don't know who you are trying to catch, you are forever going to be trying different lures, hooks and techniques. Eventually, wearing you down and keeping you chasing the next best thing to come along that just might work. You can't catch flounder in fresh water or blue gill in salt. Stop throwing out the fly without the line. Start knowing what bait they like to eat, what line spooks them, what is their timing for buying, and especially what type of fish. Start with this exercise for service professionals: Start the exercise by hand to get the "feel" of it. Then move the process into a spreadsheet to continue its growth and your clarity. Step 1: Grab a blank sheet of paper. Turn the page sideways -- landscape. Step 2: You are going to making many vertical columns so write small. On the left, create the first column. Record the name of each one of your clients that you remember off the top of your head. Keep it simple and write just the name you remember. It could be just their first name, company name, or a nickname or label you privately gave them. Don't be kind be truthful. Step 3: Second column, title it "M/F." You guessed it, "male or female." Now, proceed down the column and write the answer. Step 4: Third column, title "M/S/D/U"=married, single, divorced, unknown. Continue down the column. Step 5: Continue making columns for additional categories you know about your clients. Create a column for age or age group. Location, US, UK, Australia. If all the same, skip the column. Number of children. How long a client. Total revenue for the past year. Service type. How did they find you? Step 6: Add new distinctions and details over the next few days or week as you remember. Set aside the first five minutes of the day to add to the list or as you remember. Step 7: If you find some information missing, contact the client or past client and ask. Step 8: Look for similarities, for instance, 90% males, single, or divorced. Some of these patterns are going to be obvious and some aren't. Step 9: Place a "*" or highlight your ideal client or clients. Many times, and without knowing it, because you are just glad for the business, the fish pick you. Step 10: If you couldn't find "the ideal client" then for some reason you aren't attracting them. There are some things you need to change, either inside yourself or out, probably both. Find the gap between the two? What do you need to do or be differently in order to attract the preferred type of clients? Describe the type of ideal client you want. Place as much detail to them as possible, including revenue. What do they want that you aren't expressing you have? What do they want that you don't have and need to change? At some point during this process you will want to convert this to a spreadsheet for ease of use. Start when the information feels it needs too. This isn't a requirement, you may want to stop as soon as you see that you aren't expressing what the client is willing to buy or some characteristics or type of service you don't provide that the client must have in order to do business with you. If this is the case, you can stop here and work on what needs to shift or change. Feeling some reluctance in taking the time to do so? You will not be the first. Jim, an insurance agent from Arizona, sent me an e-mail after his attendance on a teleclasses with this exercise. "Darn, Catherine, you're good. The exercise ate at me all night. I gave in and did the exercise this morning, even though last night I was convinced that I already knew all the answers. Today, I discovered major holes in my marketing. Just by closing one of these holes today sales increased. I look forward to continuing the exercise. Thank you for your patient e-mail and letting me move through my denial and seeing that thinking its all in my head and writing it down is two different things." This exercise deserves repeating regularly. You can use the results of this exercise as a measurement when reviewing your yearly goals. Or comparing one year to another. For first year businesses, I recommend completing this exercise once every three months. After the first year, shift to twice a year. After three, once a year. Or before and after a new service or product is introduced. clients... Fly fishing -- it doesn't work, does it? When I first watched someone fly-fishing, they released the line and fling it far out into the water. No sooner had the fly hit the water was it being reeled back in. Even today, I still don't understand how this method catches any fish. Yet it does. The results had an opportunity to occur because the line was pitched. Fly fishing looks like so much more work compared to the worm, bobber, sitting on a camp chair, day dreaming, an occasional inconsequential conversation, sipping on a beer (okay root beer for family friendliness), relaxing and waiting for the bite. The energy is more comfortable yet the results less active -- maybe, maybe not. If you talk to a fly-fisherman, they claim there isn't anything better. And the same is uttered from a by-the-seat- of-the-pants fisherman as well (cute description huh?). Doesn't this sound like one marketing pitted against the other. What makes the two different? Technique? Yes. Water type -- salt or fresh? Yes. Type of fish? Yes. Equipment? Yes. Supplies? Yes. Or is it the bait? Yes. The right answer is "all of the above." You can also throw in the temperature, weather, and time of day. Everything depends on the right combination in the right order. You don't want to toss out the fly before the line. Well, I guess you can. But you miz-as-well kiss it goodbye. Or as my Grandmother used to say: Don't throw out the bath water before the bath. Marketing is not any different than fishing. If you are tossing out the wrong hook to the right fish, they are not going to bite. If you have the right fish and hook, and the wrong technique, maybe a prayer or two will work. The results might trickle now and then. Yet, not the results you need. This is why marketing experts emphasize the importance of knowing your target market. If you don't know who you are trying to catch, you are forever going to be trying different lures, hooks and techniques. Eventually, wearing you down and keeping you chasing the next best thing to come along that just might work. You can't catch flounder in fresh water or blue gill in salt. Stop throwing out the fly without the line. Start knowing what bait they like to eat, what line spooks them, what is their timing for buying, and especially what type of fish. Start with this exercise for service professionals: Start the exercise by hand to get the "feel" of it. Then move the process into a spreadsheet to continue its growth and your clarity. Step 1: Grab a blank sheet of paper. Turn the page sideways -- landscape. Step 2: You are going to making many vertical columns so write small. On the left, create the first column. Record the name of each one of your clients that you remember off the top of your head. Keep it simple and write just the name you remember. It could be just their first name, company name, or a nickname or label you privately gave them. Don't be kind be truthful. Step 3: Second column, title it "M/F." You guessed it, "male or female." Now, proceed down the column and write the answer. Step 4: Third column, title "M/S/D/U"=married, single, divorced, unknown. Continue down the column. Step 5: Continue making columns for additional categories you know about your clients. Create a column for age or age group. Location, US, UK, Australia. If all the same, skip the column. Number of children. How long a client. Total revenue for the past year. Service type. How did they find you? Step 6: Add new distinctions and details over the next few days or week as you remember. Set aside the first five minutes of the day to add to the list or as you remember. Step 7: If you find some information missing, contact the client or past client and ask. Step 8: Look for similarities, for instance, 90% males, single, or divorced. Some of these patterns are going to be obvious and some aren't. Step 9: Place a "*" or highlight your ideal client or clients. Many times, and without knowing it, because you are just glad for the business, the fish pick you. Step 10: If you couldn't find "the ideal client" then for some reason you aren't attracting them. There are some things you need to change, either inside yourself or out, probably both. Find the gap between the two? What do you need to do or be differently in order to attract the preferred type of clients? Describe the type of ideal client you want. Place as much detail to them as possible, including revenue. What do they want that you aren't expressing you have? What do they want that you don't have and need to change? At some point during this process you will want to convert this to a spreadsheet for ease of use. Start when the information feels it needs too. This isn't a requirement, you may want to stop as soon as you see that you aren't expressing what the client is willing to buy or some characteristics or type of service you don't provide that the client must have in order to do business with you. If this is the case, you can stop here and work on what needs to shift or change. Feeling some reluctance in taking the time to do so? You will not be the first. Jim, an insurance agent from Arizona, sent me an e-mail after his attendance on a teleclasses with this exercise. "Darn, Catherine, you're good. The exercise ate at me all night. I gave in and did the exercise this morning, even though last night I was convinced that I already knew all the answers. Today, I discovered major holes in my marketing. Just by closing one of these holes today sales increased. I look forward to continuing the exercise. Thank you for your patient e-mail and letting me move through my denial and seeing that thinking its all in my head and writing it down is two different things." This exercise deserves repeating regularly. You can use the results of this exercise as a measurement when reviewing your yearly goals. Or comparing one year to another. For first year businesses, I recommend completing this exercise once every three months. After the first year, shift to twice a year. After three, once a year. Or before and after a new service or product is introduced. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Catherine Franz, a Certified Professional Coach, specializes in infoproduct development. 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Today's fishing equipment wholesale Article 4 Critical Fly Fishing Tips Good Fly Presentation Obviously, the goal when casting a fly is to present the fly to the fish in a realistic manner. You are trying to simulate nature here. If you are going for trout in a stream, for instance, this means a drag-free float of 36 inches over a precise spot that marks the window of a feeding fish. Also remember that the Evening Secret (eveningsecretfishing/specialsecret/4_Fly_Fishing_Tips.php) will swarm fish to your spot consistantly, and help you catch more fish. Never randomly cast you have got to pick a spot and hit it. Throw tight loops that put the fly on target. One important method that can be used is to overcast the target and stop the line short while it is in the air. The fly should come back to you and fall on the water with slack in the leader. The best trout fishermen fish with only 30 to 35 feet of line, but make up for this with accurate casting. They read waters will and put the fly in the p ay zone time after time. One of the most important thins they do is to recognize that presentation and approach are much more important than pattern. It is different for bass. Whether a surface bug or a streamer, the offering must move past a spot where a bass is apt to hold. As the boat drifts, it is important to pick a precise time to shoot a cast to the target. Too soon or too late, and the fly wont be in the right spot. This is where the double haul form of casting becomes essential. It generates line speed and enables the caster to pick 30 or 40 feet of line off the water and shoot another without false casting. When bassing, make your presentation, retrieve 10 to 20 feet, pick up, and cast again without the need to false cast. After each one, drop the rod type and keep the butt of the rod near your belt buckle with the tip-top of the rod pointing at the line. A simple lift will let you execute the next pickup or strike a fish. Leader Connection If you are a fly caster, you know that a smooth connection between the leader and fly line is important in presentation. The best way to do this is to nail-knot a six-inch piece of 25-30 pound leader material to the end of the fly line. A loop like those found on snelled hooks is then tied into the opposite end. The connecting leader must also have a loop. Connecting the leader itself is done by passing the loop attached to the fly line through the loop on the leader; reaching through the fly line loop. Next, grab the butt section of the leader and pull the leader up through until the tippet passes the loop. Last, just pull the loops together by tugging on the fly line and the butt section in opposite directions. Strategy If you are every in a situation where see large brown trout in open water and hold, your best bet is to use a No. 12 Cinnamon Ant and sink it. If this doesnt work, move to the No.16 Adams fly. Still nothing? Switch to the No. 20 Black Ant. Last-ditch effort would be to use a 3X tippet and use a No. 6 nymph or streamer. Typically the bigger trout will leave small morsels to the small guys, preferring the bigger bites that are easy to get. They are very economical feeders. High Rider Dry Flys If your best dry-fly patterns are failing you, it may be time to switch to spiders and variants. Many times a spider or variant will bring trout to the surface, then you can switch back to a conventional dry fly. These spiders and variants will delicately drop to the water, usually somersaulting or jumping after touching it. Fish find this very alluring. High riding is another attribute of these flies. When tied properly, their hackles support the hook above the waters surface, thus imitating a natural fly much more closely than the ordinary fly does. About The Author Copyright 2005 EveningSecretFishing FishingLong-Time Fisherman and President of EveningSecretFishing (eveningsecretfishing/specialsecret/4_Fly_Fishing_Tips.php). Feel free to use this article on your website or anywhere else - but all links and bio information must remain in tact. Staying Hydrated While Fishing To me fishing isn't only about catching fish. I catch a lot of trout, many of them quite large, but the catching is really part of the sideshow. To me, fishing is as much about being out in nature as it is about catching the fish. I'll hike for miles, up or downstream, basking in the glory of nature, until I find a nice stretch of river to fish. I think Aristotle said it best when he said, "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." The point is, that in many instances fishing involves a lot of walking and or hiking. This being the case, staying hydrated is very important, especially in the heat of the summer, when your body is losing moisture due to sweating. I used to carry two or three bottles of water with me in my fishing vest, which worked, but was quite bulky and uncomfortable. 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The quality of their meat and their magnificent appearance also makes the redfish particularly appealing to anglers, and whilst they are not known for putting up much of a fight, continue to be a particular favorite amongst deep sea fishermen. As the name suggests, the redfish is best known for its brightly colored appearance, typically ranging anywhere from orange to scarlet or flame red. Redfish have long, flat bodies and large eyes, giving them a similar appearance to perch hence are also known as ocean perch. Their mouths are lined with small, sharp teeth, and their jaws have a bony protrusion which distinguishes them from other similar species. Their appearance is completed by the presence of a single dorsal fin that runs most the length of its body and a comparatively small tail fin. The majority of adult redfish off the coast of Maine are anywhere between fifteen and twenty inches in length, though the occasional larger fish does exist. Redfish are known as a deep water fish, with a range anywhere between one hundred and five hundred meters. They prefer rough ground, so the aim to fish near underwater disturbances such as shelves and ledges. Redfish typically inhabit cool water, though are known to venture into shallower waters in particularly cold winter months. Known fishing spots for redfish include the Gulf Maine and the southern edge of Georges Bank. The diet of the redfish consists mainly of invertebrates and small fish, and as a result can be caught using almost any bait. Popular choices include worms, shrimp, herring, minnows, maggots and crayfish. Artificial baits and lures can also be used, as too can flies. A medium action rod coupled with a fifteen to twenty pound test line is more than adequate for landing the majority redfish. Once hooked, redfish are not renowned for their fighting strength, making them an ideal target for young and experienced anglers as well as seasoned veterans looking to land a trophy redfish. Due to their abundance, popularity and ease of fishing, redfish are typically a targeted fish for chartered trips. About the Author: Ronald Moody has been an avid fisherman for 40 years. He enjoys all types of fishing, but especially likes salt-water fishing; he has been all over the country practicing his hobby. He is the owner and operator of fishingzoo, a website dedicated to inform fisherman about Maine fishing, fishing locations, and fish supply products. Visitors are welcome to copy and paste this article on their website as long as the following information is sourced: Maine Fishing by Ronald Moody Another short fishing equipment wholesale review Double Midge, Tan The Tan Double Midge is a great mating or cluster midge fly pattern where light colored midge hatch. 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We wish you also enjoyed yourself. destin deep sea fishing For Your Reading Pleasure Alaska Fishing Tours - Picking The Best Alaska fishing tours are the best money that you can spend on your fishing trip to the north. You have heard that they have a fish here, called the King Salmon. You have heard that it is often caught at a weight of 50 pounds or more. You are ready to spend a weekend or longer on those waters, searching for your fish. But, because you are a newcomer to the region, chances are that you'll need to find a little help with luring them in. A tour can be the best way to do just that. Why Take A Tour? Guided fishing trips are essentially an added bonus to fishing. Just think about it. You are able to get into the water in a location where it has been known that your specific type of fish is lurking. You can often find a guide willing to take you and your small group of friends to a remote location where there is a hot spot for trout. Or, you may find that you just are not good with fly fishing just yet. These guides are more than willing, most of the time, to provide you with a little information about how to improve your skill. The tour will take you to many of the best locations around the state. You'll also find some of the best salt water fishing right off the southern coastal areas. For your trip, you may want to explore the best known local location to catch the King Salmon or you may be after the trout that are also huge and beautiful. Where To Get Them Many of the tourists that head to Alaska do so just for a specific fishing trip. If you are to be one of them, do a little planning before you head out. The best thing that you can do is to plan your trip to the right areas before hand. The good news is that you'll find extensive planning guides online to help you. Visit the state's website and find out where the best Alaska fishing tours are. Your first goal is to find the best location for the type of fish that you are after. Although just about every area of Alaska is teaming with beauties, some areas are more well known for specific types. Now that you know where you are going, get ready to find the right guided tours offered in that area. You'll also find these available online. Take the time to check out the Better Business Bureau to make sure they are legitimate but then book them a head of time. You should do this because many of them book up months or more in advance of busy seasons. You will also find a wide range of these Alaska fishing tours available through the lodge that you stay at. These often are an excellent choice for local areas. They can also have a wide range of guides available to take you to nearby locations to fish. Some will take you to the perfect location to find the fish you are after if you ask. About the Author Susan Dean is the webmaster and publisher of discount-alaska-fishing-trips/ Fishing Guides - Fishing Rod Casting Tips Fishing Rod Casting The action of a fishing rod is the behavior of the rod while being cast by an individual. The action of the rod may be the same for all the people who cast with it and it may be different for every person who casts with it. Very few casters cast exactly alike. Their hand, arm, muscular and nervous systems are never exactly alike and they con?sequently perform a cast with a rod differently than any other hand and arm, etc. The action of most rods will react substantially the same for all casters, however. When a rod does not react the same for one caster as another, the action of the rod for each caster is different. That is, a rod may be called a stiff action by one caster and a med?ium stiff action by another, and both are correct. The action of a rod, then, depends directly on the particular caster using it and may vary from caster to caster. We will discuss rod action as it applies to fly rods, only. The rod actions are only discussed in general terms. Wet Fly Fishing Rod Casting WEJT FLY ACTION: Years ago, a ?wet fly action? fly rod was considered to be a rod that was very limber and which bent freely from the grip to the tip. The theory of such limber, soft rods was that they allowed the flies to fall gently into the water and the line to fall straight into the water. Either claim has questionable advantages under many conditions. Gradually, as the years have gone by, fisher?men began to find out that these old ?buggy whip wet fly rods? were actually poor rods for casting the wet fly and that rods suitable for dry fly casting generally cast wet flies much more satisfactorily. Act?ually, wet fly rods are non-existent today except when a maker turns out a poor dry fly rod and sells it to some novice as a ?wet fly rod.? Dry Fly Fishing Rod Casting DRY FLY ACTION: There are many ways to build a dry fly rod or dry fly action into a rod. Most of these methods produce good dry fly rods. I will briefly describe some of the better known methods of producing dry fly action in a rod. HEWITT DRY FLY ACTION: Edward H. Hewitt, as you un?doubtedly know, was considered the best fly fisherman for trout in the world. There are those who are prone to minimize Hewitt?s abil?ities for personal reasons or self glory. However, I have never known or heard of anyone from reliable sources who could beat Hewitt for actually putting trout in a creel. Hewitt used a rod with action or the bending in the lower or middle part but not as pronounced as in the standard Dry Fly action. On a three piece rod, for example, the upper half of the middle section and the lower half of the tip have ?level tapers?, that is, the tapers are slight. This leaves these areas a little stiff. Such a rod has action all over but slightly more of the bending is in the butt section, the lower half of the middle section, and the top half of the tip. Hewitt action is identical to the Standard Dry Fly action describ?ed below, except that the variations in the ?level tapered? areas are less from a straight taper than the Standard Dry Fly action ?level tapers.? In one of the last letters from Hewitt, he wrote me that he much preferred this type of rod to all others and that he never was able to wear one out or soften up the action of such a rod no matter how long he use it. This means something coming from Hewitt. He not only had used rods of various types for a great many years but used them a great deal ever year. As always, Hewitt had Leonard make his rods and he always had the highest praised for them. About the Author: To continue reading this article go now to fishingcenterguides/Fishing-Guides-Fishing-Rod-Casting-Tips.html What Makes a Great Site for a Fishing Guide? Back in high school we used to write book reports, essays and other things in order to learn the process of conveying information to others. That same skill applies to creating web sites. You are writing an essay on why a fisherman should use your service. There are both positive and negative aspects of this new medium. You have many more tools at your disposal. These tools can assist in conveying your message or if you are not careful these tools can distract your visitors from the message you want to present. Here are five basic ideas that a good fishing guide or fishing charter website should incorporate to convey a positive, easily understood message to potential clients. Your site is a reflection of you. First impressions are never forgotten. If your site is cluttered, poorly designed, sloppy, slow, uninformative or unfocused these qualities will reflect on your business. Just as forming a good essay back in high school was important so is forming a well-structured, informative website. Know who you are and know who your customers are. Structure and design your website to fit your customer's needs and to reflect on you as a professional fishing guide. First know yourself and the customer you wish to attract. Does your site look like you? If I can't read it, I leave it. Your site may have a great background and may look really cool... but make sure the graphics don't distract from the message. There are reasons newspapers are black and white. Help your readers read. A nice blue background is great, and graphics on the side are fine, but don't make your visitors strain to read your message and don't distract them from the professional image you are trying to portray. Do you want to sell your guide services or is that just a side line? Many sites I see are not clear on what exactly they are trying to accomplish. What is the purpose of the site? Be an insurance salesman or be a professional fishing guide, but not both at the same time. Keep your content focused. Valid extras to put on your site are recommended lodges, restaurants, marinas and yes, even advertising is fine when it relates to your fishing message. Try not to mix unrelated content with your website, it just confuses the user and distracts them from your core message. Don't make me search for basic information. I want to clearly see your name, address, phone number and email address. Be straight with me. What lakes do you fish? What style do you use to catch fish? Being vague might help you get a customer, but it won't help you keep a customer. If you are a catch and release, tell them that. A lure man, tell them that. Give them the message... "This is what I do and I do it very well". One of the best pieces of information you can tell a prospective client is your latest fishing report. Why hide it on page 3 at the bottom. Put it on your main page of your site. This is the best understanding your customer can get of your service and success. Also, the search engines will rank your site higher if you have information like this on your front page, especially if it is changing each week or so. I would love to say that that is all there is to this. I could actually cover another 20 topics that are just as important. I will leave you with just a few other issues to keep in mind when building and maintaining your website. Color, eye control, pictures, logos, maps, awards, sponsors, links, clear pricing are all issues to consider and to carefully analyze. Please just remember two things, (1) your site is who you are and (2) your goal and message is to sell your professional guiding services. 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