Advanced Tactics for Farm Ponds ...Read More

Seems like I spent my childhood fishing in freshwater ponds and small impoundments around my home—and I still love a good farm pond when I get the chance to fish one. Over the years, I’ve picked a few tricks to fishing such ponds, and I’ve learned a lot from my own mistakes. Here are a few tips that I hope will help to make your next pond fishing experience more enjoyable.

Hot Dogs ...Read More

When my friend and international fly fishing guide Harry Robertson told me that he was going to Alaska to catch chum salmon, I thought he was pulling my leg. “I’ll admit that I don’t know much about salmon, Harry,” I snorted in derision, “but aren’t chums called ‘dog’ salmon because the Alaskan natives fed them to their sled dogs?”

Canadian Pike ...Read More

If you’re like me, you’re probably under the impression that Canada is famous primarily for hockey, Molson, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. As a child I remember watching dapper cartoon character Dudley Do-Right, the hapless Canadian Mountie, rescue the fair Nell Fenwick (again and again) from the clutches of dastardly Snidely Whiplash, the mustachioed villain. I would often wonder what the real Canadian backwoods looked like, and last fall I got my chance to see it and fish it firsthand.

Copyright ©2011 Beau Beasley

Here are some links to articles that I’ve written that have been published in magazines such as Virginia Living, Eastern Fly Fishing, and Virginia Sportsman magazines.