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I would recommend learning to tie. Tying is a great hobby, a lot of fun, and allows you to think about fishing when you can't actually be on the water. In my opinion, tying makes you a better fisherman. It allows you to fine tune things even more than buying flies from the store. You will be on...

Damn. Fuck getting old.

For the most part I agree with Rob's statement that impressionistic is better than realistic. In my experience a lot of the best nymphs imitate multiple different things. Maybe this is obvious but I'm gunna say it anyway. The exception is if there is actually a hatch going on. Even if it is a...

Beautiful flies!

Bobs advice is spot on. Cast a bunch of different rods and buy what feels good. I generally like medium or medium fast rods in the lower rod weights as I use them to fish for trout. A medium action rod is more forgiving when I overzealously set the hook; keeps me from breaking off fish. I don't...

I own a 5 weight sage vantage and love it. However, it is more of a medium fast action than a true medium action rod.

They certainly are Ninjas. Chinook, pinks, chum, and trout just eat the damn fly for the most part. Coho are by far the most notorious fly tappers / peckers I've ever encountered.

On a non stinger fly I can see how they tap the fly / short strike the fly. However, how the hell do they do that on a fly with a stinger hook where the stinger hook is all the way at the tail end of the fly? Whenever I see a coho following my fly, they are always right behind the tail and...