essential reads End of the Year Round-Up: Best of 2023 Highlighting the essential reads from the past year's lineup of fly-fishing articles
grasshoppers Featured Pink Grasshoppers Really Do Exist In our never-ending quest to explain why unexpected colors work as fly patterns I found some insights in an unlikely place... the museum...
fly rod Instant Favorite: TFO Axiom II-X Fly Rod Review This fly rod has become an instant favorite, reviewing the tfo axiom 2-x fly rod
common carp Carper's Almanac: We Observed Carp Behavior for Two Years We chased urban carp around for two year at a set of fixed locations, checking in regularly, and logged details to each encounter, what did we learn?
overcrowding series Overcrowding 11) Measuring Success I think it's fair to assume every angler hopes to catch lots of fish, and even better, big fish.... but...
colorado History of the Mysis Fishery: Gaffe to Gold Medal Gather around the fire and let me tell you a fly fishing tale of how mysis ended up feeding fish well downstream from the intended destination.
overcrowding series Overcrowding 10) What About Private Waters? With all the talk of finding new waters, the liminal spaces and overlooked fisheries, it begs the question; what about paying for access to private waters?
technical trout Featured Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior: An Angler's Playbook Fly fishing graduate school: Welcome to the big-leagues of trout fishing. You better come prepared.
Members only trout Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior Fly Fishing graduate school: Understanding a picky trout can be the difference-maker when trying to present flies to these stubborn fish.
Members only overcrowding series Overcrowding 7) Finding the Liminal Spaces Within Your Favorite Fisheries
overcrowding series Overcrowding 6) New Horizons in Angling dive into an exploration of some new intriguing fisheries, and highlight innovative, or unexpected directions for fly fishing
indicator nymphing More Indicator Secrets Have you ever felt like your indicator rig was moving too fast? As if sliding over the water's surface and preventing your flies from presenting deeper?
overcrowding series Overcrowding 5) The Stage Is Set Up next: Let’s look at how revitalizing exploration can serve to improve all of our angling endeavors.
fly tying Weird Flies that Work: Chartreuse Headstand I have a slight obsession chartreuse fly patterns...
overcrowding series Overcrowding 4) How Did We Get Here? Flawed Icons Exploring how iconic destinations are vulnerable, even flawed icons
Members only overcrowding series Overcrowding 3) How Did We Get Here? Over Reliance on Blue Ribbon and Gold Medal Fisheries So how do fish respond to increased fishing pressure? Plus how does catch and release affect their behavior?
pattern hangover Fish Memory and Pattern Hangover You missed the big hatch, but if you know a little about how trout brains work you might know that you're window of opportunity hasn't fully closed yet...
Members only overcrowding series Overcrowding 2) How Did We Get Here? Hatchery Obsessed ...feel free to stop at any local pond, Hell, just follow the hatchery truck around and sooner or later you'll stumble upon a plethora of rainbow trout...
Members only largemouth bass More Clues on Fish Vision (Bass Edition) Can fish see color? Bass don't see our flies like you'd expect...
overcrowding series Overcrowding 1) How Did We Get Here? Human Tendencies There are generational impacts on the world we see today, with actions set in place long before our existence.
salmonflies Improving the Salmonfly Dry Fly We walk through tying a modified 64 Impala fly pattern and clarify how to customize this recipe to match the hatch beyond the original
overcrowding series Featured New Series On Overcrowding Launches There are more anglers than ever. Soon all fly anglers will face the reckoning of a river too crowded, or a lake too busy with boat traffic.
