The fly fishing world is packed with articles, books, and videos on how to improve your skills to catch more or bigger fish. Obviously, we all want more success with one, if not both, of those things. That being said, the pursuit of fish isn’t what keeps us coming back to the water day after day. Getting outside and enjoying our time while pursuing those trophy fish is really what matters. 

Instead of talking about what you need to do to catch more fish, I want to talk about a few ways to make your time out there more enjoyable. Over the years of working with beginner and intermediate anglers, I’ve noticed there are a handful of easily correctable issues that cause an undue amount of frustration. Taking care of these small problems and bad habits is sure to make your time out there much more pleasant, and may even help you get a few extra fish to hand.