The Rodcast

Thinking of tying or fishing Scuds in the Grand River next spring? Then you need to read this. Although it’s about Wisconsin’s Driftless Region, most of what’s written here applies to the Grand.

All Things Scud: A Tactical Conversation with Mat Wagner | MidCurrent
— Read on midcurrent.com/flies/all-things-scud-a-tactical-conversation-with-mat-wagner/

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If you have a fly tyer in your family and don’t know what to get them for a Christmas, have a look at these suggestions!

Although this is not a fly fishing article per se, the fly fishing fraternity has embraced Gore-Tex wading jackets as part of their kit. There’s something to be learned from the backpackers when it comes to jackets and waders too, for that matter. Have a read!

Is the high price of Gore-Tex really worth it? – Paddling Magazine
— Read on paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/reflections/is-the-high-price-of-gore-tex-really-worth-it/

This turned up in the hatchmag.com email newsletter and it confirms what I’ve learned in many seasons fishing for Browns on the Grand River tailwater. Read on!

For the past several seasons I’ve been spending most of my fishing time pursuing brown trout. Free-rising brown trout. While so engaged I’ve been reminded countless times of a feeding quirk particular to this species. It’s this: Brown trout react to food according to their own whims and fancy, completely independent of its presence and abundance. Surround them with a good hatch, spinner fall, or stonefly flight, and brown trout might feed readily, might feed haphazardly, or maybe not at all.
— Read on www.hatchmag.com/articles/brown-trout-quirk/7714946

Women are the only growing demographic in the sport and mothers are a small sub-group within that culture who are on the frontier of blending the sport with their babies
— Read on www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-motherhood-and-fly-fishing-many-issues-to-face-but-heres-why-i/

A fascinating read!