Use the longest leader you can handle. Usually you can handle one much longer than you imagine. Remember that the purpose of the leader is to conceal artificiality. If you believe a leader is at all necessary then you must… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
And yet there are many times when it does not make any difference what pattern one uses. One thing is certain. The more bedraggled the fly gets the better the trout like it. I think there is a reason for… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
Fish slowly and thoroughly. Haste never paid dividends. Never wory about the fellow ahead of you. If you start racing to get ahaead of… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
In every species of fish I've angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
As far as I can ascertain the reasons for missing a rising fish come from faulty reactions. When we miss a fish we are… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
Make all approaches to the stream with care and caution. Remember that once you are seen you are a great disadvantage if not completely… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
The matter of flies, lines and other equipment of the right sort is not absolutely necessary in the rising of fish but they are… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
Fish slowly and thoroughly. Haste never pays dividends. Don't whip the stream to a froth. Make fewer cast, make them to places which count… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
My wife wonders why all women do not seek anglers for husbands. She has come in contact with many in her life with me… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
Use the longest leader you can handle. Usually you can handle one much longer than you imagine. Remember that the purpose of the leader… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
And yet there are many times when it does not make any difference what pattern one uses. One thing is certain. The more bedraggled… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
