For those with no or little fly casting experience. We cover rods, lines, leaders, and start with the 4-part forward cast. Later we discuss presentations, the wind and common casting faults. We do the roll cast, followed by shooting line and casting for accuracy in spite of the wind. A discussion of various options of … Continue reading "Fly Casting for Beginners"

Fall of 2016 I visited the Shetland Islands in Scotland because of their historic knitting tradition. I knew they had invented Fair Isle knitting there and their yarn is well known (remember those Shetland wool sweaters with the grossgrain ribbon button bands in the 1960s?) But I had no idea how deep their lace knitting … Continue reading "Shetland Lace Scarf"