Stillwater Fly Fishing App is Live and Ready for Download!

Have you ever wanted to spend a day on the water with me and Brian Chan? Here’s your chance to have us join you!

We are excited to announce the release of our long-awaited Stillwater Fly Fishing App. Together, we have combined our 75 years of experience fly fishing for trout and char in lakes to develop this valuable educational tool.  Brian and I believe this App will become an essential tool in the toolbox for anglers of all skill levels.

Our app is broken down into six chapters covering such topics as the freshwater fishing regulations for all states and provinces, entomology, leaders and knots, techniques and tactics, equipment and favorite stillwater flies. Each topic is presented in video format that can be easily downloaded and saved to your mobile device.

Once downloaded, the video tips can be watched anywhere.  No Wi-Fi connection is required to view the tips once they have been downloaded to your phone.

Topics include:

• How to fish a drop-off
• How to use a throat pump
• How to fish the hang
• Choosing chironomid pupa patterns
• Along with on-camera tying of 23 proven stillwater fly patterns

This is just a small sample of the over 75 tips provided in the initial launch of this App.

New tips will be added monthly so you can continue to increase your knowledge base and most importantly put them to use when you are on the water.

Please visit iTunes (Apple Devices) or Google Play (Android devices) to download this collection of stillwater fly-fishing knowledge. 

Brian and I hope it improves the quality of your time on the water.

Must Have Stillwater Book

Unfortunately, as some or most of you might already know, when it comes to books featuring a lake fly fishing focus there aren't too many choices available.

1985 a classic stillwater techniques book was released, The Gilly, A Fly Fishers Guide to British Columbia. Since its initial release, The Gilly has become a classic and what I consider is a must have for anyone wishing to learn more about fly fishing lakes.

Of the 21 individual chapters that make up The Gilly, 17 are dedicated to the nuances, tricks, techniques and tactics needed to be successful fly fishing lakes, not only B.C lakes but lakes across North America as well. These nuances, tricks, techniques and tactics that are as applicable today as they were when The Gilly was first released.  Good friend, Brian Chan, authored all of the entomology sections found at the end of most chapters.  A pattern listing is also included.

I can't recommend this book enough if you are wishing to add to your stillwater knowledge. Copies of The Gilly are, I admit, not easy to find.  Selecting through the Amazon link along the right margin of this blog is still, arguably, your best choice.