"Meeting Hemingway" WE RING OUT 2020 with a memory of Ernest Hemingway, courtesy of the late George Hommel Jr., whose career spanned that of guide, fly tier, tackle expert, booking agent and businessman. Hommel's autobiography includes a chapter about a night spent drinking and a day spent boating with Hemingway that almost ended in disaster. Read "Meeting Hemingway." LAST CHANCE TO WIN A VAER WATERPROOF WATCH! Register for your chance to win one of three great prizes, including Vaer's C5 and C3 waterproof watches. Sign up here! Tim Flagler demonstrates how to tie a Scotty's McFly in this week's featured tying video. "Scotty’s McFly is a great looking and extremely effective smelt pattern invented by Scott Currie from Massey Ontario," notes Flagler. "Although originally designed to catch smallmouth bass on northern Ontario lakes and rivers, over the years, it has fooled a tremendous variety of fish in both fresh and saltwater." |
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