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 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.
from the road Story From the Road: Third Time Makes the Pattern? Usually great stories start with full cars, open roads, and rigged rods, but this one starts different. This one starts with an internet troll.
gear Broken Gear and Lifetime Warranties: What Fly Anglers Should Know Are companies back tracking on lifetime warranties? (Fly Fishing Gear)
Members only common carp 5 Tips: So You Want to Catch a Carp Coming from trout, it's kind of like brushing your teeth with your opposite hand
private waters Let's Talk about Private Waters: Access, Pressure, and Angler Experience The comparison of fishing pressured public waters to private regulated-access waters is enlightening for anyone interested in fish behavior.
conservation concept Conservation Concept: Wildland-Urban Interface As natural lands come into contact with housing and other forms of development, the wildland-urban interface (WUI) expands, further threatening the remaining wilderness areas.
behavior Do Other Fish Know When A Fish Gets Hooked? Social Learning in Trout, Carp, Bass and Pike Let's talk about the social cues a group responds to, or doesn't respond to, when a fish gets hooked.
Members only fish behavior The Science of Rest: How Trout Recover from Angling Pressure Do fish remember being caught? And how long would it take to reset the timid behavior of previously hooked fish throughout an entire fishery?
Members only behavior Featured Tips for Streams with Low Fish Density Lets take a look at how we approach rivers based on fish density and discuss what fishing rivers with fewer fish per mile have to offer
terrestrials Story From the Road: Amy's Ante and the Two-footer Fish were rising everywhere, skimming #28 midges off the film of a deep run. Cows surrounded us as spectators for the feeding frenzy of a developing hatch. The water temperature was perfect...
exploring Frontiers in Angling: Exploring Liminal Fisheries as Modern Fly Fishing Let's take a look at those new fisheries, and how anglers can uncover new and unexplored frontiers in angling
Members only sculpin Featured Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte: Trout Don't Care What Your Fly Mimics Why would a trout eat a sculpin fly in a river without sculpin?
Members only largemouth bass Featured Understanding Warmwater Lakes: How Ecology Shapes Bass Fishing Success In warmwater fly fishing, especially bass fishing, we often just throw poppers and streamers with little emphasis on understanding the reasoning for these tactics
common carp First to America: Carp Carp introduction in North America pre-dates brown trout introduction, and the hatchery propagation of rainbow trout
swim bladder Swim Bladders and Pressure Changes: What Anglers Need to Know Let's take a closer look at how fish swim bladders might be influenced by atmospheric pressure changes (ie; storms, cold fronts)
tailwaters Featured The Double Tailwater Phenomenon: How Reservoirs Produce Epic Trout "Tailwater" is almost a mythical word in Western fly fishing. What about double tailwaters?
Members only conservation Featured The Warmwater-Coldwater Connection: Why Warm Habitats Matter for Trout Let's take a look at the surprising way that warmwater can support coldwater fisheries
from the road Story From the Road: My 4-Wheeled Oven and Urban Carp Fly fishing: Craving the flats, it was finally time to dig into the carp game again
safety The Three Unforgivable Sins of Safe Wading Stay safe when wading by avoiding these unforgivable sins.
Members only conservation concept Conservation Concept: Artificial Boundaries and Their Impact on Rivers Borders are everywhere. Not only natural but also artificial borders. The two don't always play nice...
Paid-members only cutthroat history How Did Cutthroat Trout Cross the Continental Divide? Most cutthroat trout are found west of the Continental Divide, so how did they find their way to the east side of the divide? Science behind fly fishing
fly tying 3 Under Appreciated Fly Tying Materials Every Trout Angler Should Try Fly Tying: I want to highlight some under-appreciated materials that look incredible
Paid-members only cutthroat history Featured The Story of the Cutthroat Trout Subspecies: Origins and Evolution This is the story of how Cutthroat trout spread across western North America and transformed into their distinct variations
