Author

Chris Hunt

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: The Mirror Effect

    Editor's note: The following is exerpted from TU's book, "Trout Tips," available online for overnight delivery. Just like it's always shocking to hear your own voice, it can also be surprising to see what you look like when you cast. There's a reason ballet studios and music rooms have large mirrors: this is the way…

  • Travel

    Patience on the Denali Highway

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  • Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: The approach

    Patience is perhaps the most elusive virtue—instant gratification, especially these days, is easier to attain. And it's no different for fly fishers. Finding a good stretch of water to fish isn't all that hard, but approaching it correctly, and giving yourself the best opportunity to catch not just one fish, but several fish, can prove…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Last Chance Cripple Hendrickson

    As I watched Tim Flagler tie the Last Chance Cripple Hendrickson, I inadvertantly cringed at the language used in the video below. Fly tying may the last refuge for the antiquated term, "cripple." Meant to imitate a mayfly that, for some reason or another, is struggling to break loose of the water's surface film while…

  • Video spotlight

    Video spotlight: Fly Fishing Chicken

    With lines like, "There's a lot of perks to fishing with a chicken," to an awkward scene involving a healthy portion of KFC, Captain Quinn's new "Fly Fishing Chicken" film will have you laughing and cringing—and probably at the same time. Video of AMAZING Fly FISHING CHICKEN - Unbelievable True Story!!!! Give Quinn points for…

  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: Managing materials

    Crystal flash and tinsel are great for tying flies—particularly patterns that need to attract attention, like baitfish patterns, Woolly Buggers and other streamers. But handling those shiny materials can be a real pain. I can't count the times I've found strands of crystal flash that have managed to make it through the laundry cycle and turn…