The 8WTs Are Coming......

Builds are underway for the 9' 8WT Cinder Creek Fly Rod

The Chattahoochee 9' 5WT 4PC Fast Action Fly Rod

Chattooga River Hook Up

Where are you fishing this weekend?  Photo by: David Cannon

Mother Nature's Sound Machine

by Matt Walters

There are many healing properties involved in outdoor activities, Fly Fishing being one of those.  In Fly Fishing I believe the water is the biggest influence in this.  Why do so many people rest by the side of a river or in the sand at the beach and just listen to the water rush over the rocks or the waves crashing into the sand for hours on end?  It is like Mother Nature’s sound machine. 

No wonder they make noise makers that artificially produce these sounds to replicate this in your home for use in getting a better night’s rest or to just unwind.  There is a true healing and soothing element to these noises that manufacturers have bottled up and added batteries to.

Time on the water involves more than just listening to the rhythmic white noise of the current; In fact most of our basic senses are in constant use. In my experience, this blocks out and moves us far away from outside and internal disturbances creating a completely care free bubble of peacefulness and fishiness.  The eyes are focused on line control, distances, and current all while attempting to locate signs of fish.   The nose smells the fresh air and cool mist that comes off the water.  To tie it all together, our hand eye coordination must produce precision casts, drifts, strips, and hook sets.  There is not much else we can think about while engulfed in the moment of this entire stimulus.    

  

Not all days have to take on this Zen like Karate Kid feeling mentioned above although even while I am out with buddies and just goofing off the days on the water can have profound effects on your mental state and relaxation.  I've found myself in many different fishing situations over the years and each serves its purpose in rejuvenation.  

A trip away from the ringing phones, deadlines, emails, responsibilities, troubles, worries, and ailments that you may be dealing with is a necessity for a healthy life.  While on the water your mind and thoughts are shifted to the present task at hand and the issues of the day melt away with each cast you make.  The connection to the water and what you are doing is the only thing that matters in that moment.  

Mind over matter is a very true statement and I believe if you can laugh, smile, and reflect while on the water that is the best healing one can receive.  I've often left the water with a fresh perspective on life and a positive outlook. 

So in short, keep on fishing its’ good for the soul and always remember water has more properties and functions than just for drinking.

NC Blue Line Brown Trout

Even the small ones are fun to catch

North Georgia Float Trip

A few good friends and I recently camped out and did a float trip in North Georgia the next day. We had an excellent day of fishing.  This rainbow was caught about halfway through the trip.  

Happy New Year from Walters Fly Rods

Here's to great fishing around the bend in 2015! 

Happy Holidays from Walters Fly Rods

Back by popular demand.  The best Christmas lights in Georgia.

Chattahoochee DH

Rainbow Trout from the Chattahoochee DH section

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." - Henry Miller

Photo by: David Cannon

Thanksgiving Slab of Butter

Photo by: Ben Moore

Don't forget the slab of butter at your Thanksgiving dinner table.  

Angler, Ken Hardwick, with a nice butter brown caught on his Walters Fly Rods set up while on a trip with Ben Moore, Head Guide of East Anglers.

We are thankful for everyone's continued support and business. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from Walters Fly Rods. 

Enjoy Your Weekend On The Water With Good Company

Photo by: David Cannon

"The leaves seen through my window pane remind me that it's time to move my life again. November sun is felt by none, a chilly breeze has blown my thoughts to what's to come." - WSP

Photo by: David Cannon

“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” - Ansel Adams

October!

By: Matt Wilson

The month in general brings a party-style buffet of awesomeness to sportsmen from coast to coast. College and Pro football is in full swing, MLB World Series, archery season opens in several states, rednecks loving on NASCAR, fat kids loving on Halloween, and anglers loving the start of the Brown trout spawn.

Hormones start to rage in these spawning fish due to shortened days and decreasing water temperatures. The key ingredient during the spawning season is light. Egg development in female brown trout is stimulated by the shortened daylight hours of the fall season. According to the Wild Trout Trust, a typical female Brown trout will produce 900 eggs per pound of her body weight. From the same source, mortality rates among first year trout is typically greater than 95%. With these astronomical odds, keep a wary eye as to not wade into any redds (trout spawning areas) during your next fishing trip on your local river.

In many cases, spawning browns can be seen individually or paired in very shallow, riffled water. This is prime time to capitalize on the opportunity to catch these vulnerable browns while they’re in a very aggressive and agitated state. Presentation trumps specific fly patterns. The same brown that would only take a tiny sulphur emerger back in the summer is likely to accept larger, more suggestive offerings during the fall spawning season.  Wade slowly and take the time to scout out the riffles, runs and pools you typically cannonball into and speed fish. Be patient and persistent- it will pay off.

The wild brown in this video ate a weighted squirmy worm last week below Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee tail water.

Good things,

Matt Wilson

Tomorrow's Fishing Tactics

Discussing the next day's fishing tactics this past Summer

Chattahoochee Sunset

Jones Bridge - Photo by: Matt Wilson

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master” Ernest Hemingway

Photo by: David Cannon

Who's Ready For Fall Fishing?

Photo by: David Cannon

She's A Keeper

How do you know that your wife really understands what you enjoy?  She gets you a grooms cake like this one at your wedding.  Yep, that's a cake.