By Tim Romano

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I lost a fly box. Not an old crappy fly box with a handful of flies, but the fly box, the only trout box I carry when fishing. A Richard Wheatly stuffed to the gills with wet flies, terrestrials, streamers, spinners, midges, emergers, scuds, shrimp, bead heads, etc.... You name it, I probably had a couple wedged in my box. I'm thinking I lost anywhere from 300 to 500 flies. One stupid slip in the river cost me a lot more money then I care to admit. You can do the math.

By Tim Romano

Yeah, I'm ripping off Deeter's little idea here with my own fly fishing stuff that works - but I use many things on the water that Deeter doesn't and vice versa.

By Tim Romano

My guess is most people visiting this site probably don't have a problem convincing their kids to get outside and wet a line every once in a while. But too many kids in this country never experience a day on the water. Children in the US have a serious Internet, TV, iPod, and video game affliction. It's also compromising their health, leading to childhood obesity, behavior disorders, and even mental illness.

By Tim Romano

Recently I've taking a liking to spey casting and have been playing around with a couple of different rod and line and set-ups. I'll readily admit I'm a complete novice and have a ton to learn, but am eager and practicing quite a bit.

If you've never heard of spey casting, put simply it's usually done with a two handed rod and consists of a type of roll cast with some line adjusting before the cast. Of course, spey casts can be made with single-handed rods, too. This video from RA Beattie features some gorgeous casting and explanation of how and why people fish this way from Todd Scharf of Upstream Adventures.