The FlyFish Fanatic
Blog URL http://www.theflyfishfanatic.com/
Located Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Tags fly fishing, fishing, fly tying, sports, outdoor, camping, adventure trip, instruction
Popular fly fishing blog of Rick Passek, who is a successful fly fishing instructor, speaker, and author of the Freshman FlyFishing book series.
Latest Blog Posts
- Fishing quote of the day on Mar 30, 2009 in General
Never throw with a long line when a short one will answer you purpose. Richard Penn (1833), Quoted in the angler’s weekend book Rick Passek “The FlyFish Fanatic”...
- Many new things happening with Rp3 FlyFishing with many more on the way on Mar 27, 2009 in Fishing Fly Fishing Fly Fishing Equipment Fly Tying General Media
We are in the middle of working with a few GREAT companies and will be making an announcement about them very soon. I will tell you about one of the announcements now; Rp3 FlyFishing and “The FlyFish Fanatic” are proud to announce that we...
- Report, My trip to Idaho/Montana on Mar 25, 2009 in Fishing Fly Fishing
Well, I’m back. Had a GREAT time in Idaho. My wife, Son and I needed a bit of a break after the long process of printing my second book and the fishing trade show season. We decided to get away, and we headed down to Hope, Idaho for some relaxa...
- Fishing quote of the day on Mar 23, 2009 in General
There is only one secret in dry fly fishing, which is to make the artificial fly float over a trout in such a way that it looks appetizing enough for him to swallow. Dermot Wilson, Fishing the dry fly (1970) Rick Passek “The FlyFish FanaticR...
- Fishing quote of the day on Mar 16, 2009 in General
Skill at the riverside, or at the fly-table, never came, nor ever will come to us by any other road than that of practice. George M. Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895) Rick Passek “The FlyFish Fanatic”™...
- Trade show report on Mar 11, 2009 in General
Well, That time of year is upon us. The trade show season is coming to a close, and it has been a CRAZY one. I attended 4 shows this year (so far) and plan on attending a few more as a customer not a exhibitor. The BC Boat & Sportsmans show this...
- Fishing quote of the day on Mar 9, 2009 in General
Success begets confidence and confidence begets success- and that fine upward spiral is the best restorative of streamside sanity. Howard T. Walden II, Upstream and down (1938) Rick Passek “The FlyFish Fanatic”™...
