FATC "Fly Shop"
Like any good fly shop that is filled with fisherman and their stories, here you will find tidbits of information related to our wonderful sport of Fly Fishing. Come here to find information that you may not find elsewhere.
Although, unlike most fly shop “tales”, this is all true…
Fly Shop & Class: Euro-Nymphing
Our advanced euro-nymphing class was a huge success as 20 FATC fly fishers learned some of the finer points of the euro-nymphing technique of fly fishing. Hopefully, we’ll see some new euro-nymphers out on the water soon. Domenick Swentosky, from Troutbitten, writes about “Seeing Beyond the Sighter”. A great article … Read More…
Fly Shop: Good Friend and Family Memories
Fly Fishing with a Good Friend and Family Memories Often in conversations with a Kenny he will bring up a story about fishing with his old friend Lew Smith and I will think I wish that I had a chance to have met him. In 2016 nobody was surprised … Read More…
Fly Shop: Split Shot vs Weighted Flies
Domenick Swentosky, the creator of the blog, Troutbitten, writes some very intriquing and thought provoking articles. If you don’t follow him you should subscribe to his newsletters. He has six years of fly fishing articles that will definitely make you a better fly fisher. Do you have trouble when using split … Read More…
Fly Shop: The Butt Ugly Fly
Fly fishers always look for a good excuse to go fishing. And when the word gets out that the aquatic insects are getting ready to hatch, what fly fisher wouldn’t head out to the river to enjoy it? This was the year of the great cicada hatch here in the … Read More…
Fly Shop: Stories from the Stream – A Fly Fishing Guide to Purposeful Living
Guest Blogger Steve Ehrlich tells us how fly fishing and a purposeful life go hand in hand. Steve has a Ph.D. and lifelong, parallel careers in adult education and fly fishing. Stories from the Stream: A Fly Fishing Guide to Purposeful Living Norman Maclean’s celebrated narrative, “A River Runs Through … Read More…