Category: Fly Fisher Fitness

Fly Fisher Fitness Connection

Fly fisher fitness connection. There is a clear relationship, yet the connection is often brushed aside or overlooked. When I retired at age sixty-four, I began fly-fishing in earnest and joined fly-fishing clubs to accelerate my learning. The Fly Fisher Fitness initiative grew out of what I observed. Viewing fly-fishing clubs and the broader fly-fishing […]

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Fly-fishing for Reds in an Arctic Blast

We didn’t plan to go Fly-fishing for Reds in an Arctic blast. In fact, we planned for warmth. I’ve always viewed life as a sport—one that rewards attention, extra effort and adaptation. Growing older has shown me that survival is also a sport. Conditions change, margins narrow, and the cost of complacent contentment rises. Serious […]

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Blue-Line Fly-Fishing, My First Adventure

Blue-line fly-fishing and my first adventure came about when I suddenly realized there was a word and a concept for how I spent my childhood. No one in my family fished or hung-out in the outdoors. But on my own, I played in small streams the way other kids catch baseball, play games in the […]

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Cold Weather Fishing

Cold weather fishing on a Google search gives you advice on gear and adapting your techniques. Here’s the AI overview: “cold weather fishing requires adapting your techniques, targeting warmer water areas, using slower presentations, and considering live bait instead of lures, as fish metabolism slows down in colder temperatures.” The search page goes on to describe […]

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Fast Fitness Facts

Fast Fitness Facts The human body has a remarkable ability to heal itself. You slice open your knee, an Urgent Care angel stitches it up. The healing part is invisible. Unknowable forces of Nature course through your body, stirring your endowed biology toward healing. But as we age, our biology dulls. The processes that keep […]

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Tips For Aging Anglers

We all get older. It’s the long-term quality of life as we age that dictates our experience. Better quality of life with age means the ability to what we love regardless of age. In our case it’s fly fishing with vigor for longer. Purpose: If your line is not in the water, you have zero […]

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Hardcore FlyFishing

Most fly fishers I talk with have one thing in common. They are not hardcore flyfishing because of physical deterioration. How do I know they are declining by just talking? Well, they all share their ‘specific’ issue that limits their ability to fly fish the way they would like—hardcore, for extended periods. Thing is, they’re […]

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A Fly Fisher Dream

A personal essay. I developed a fly fisher dream while enjoying the outdoors. I monitored birds at multiple feeders and followed birds to find their nests starting at age seven. I tinkered; insects in jars, chipmunks in box traps, I even recovered a young crow that fell from its nest. On one Cub Scout […]

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Prepare for Flyfishing Season

As you prepare for flyfishing season you’re thinking, true north, otherworldly; a place where time stands still, stress evaporates, nirvana. That’s how you imagine it from afar. The actual concrete version involves reality--wading in cold hazardous water can make flyfishing a stress generator, especially if you’re out of shape. You’re geared up but are you [...]

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12 Reasons Fly Fishers Need to Exercise Now

Here are (12 Reasons Fly Fishers Need to Exercise Now) some highlights of what is not taught in school or anywhere else. You cannot buy, synthesize or prescribe the most potent preventive medicine available to man. How you use exercise to improve your flyfishing is also crucial to your life. Use the contact form to […]

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