Brown Trout - Due West Anglers

Flies and Lines for Drop-Offs

Losing flies on drop offs? Not catching anything? It might be your choice of fly line..

fly fishing story about alpine trout, nighttime walleye, rip-rap, headlamps, clouser minnows, balanced leeches, and chasing fish

Story From The Road: Rip-Rap

A story tracing spring bites from alpine trout to nighttime walleye. Rip-rap, headlamps, and the alchemy of chasing fish on the fly

fly fishing hoppers, attractors, dry flies, royal wulff, chubby chernobyl, which colors work and why?

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trout vision

Exploring LaFontaine's Color Theory of Attractors

this goes way beyond bright day, bright fly...

fly fishing nymphs, dry flies, wet flies, streamers, fly fishing trout, atlantic salmon, steelhead

tactics

Protecting A Fishery With Ineffective Angling?

Why would you limit your fly fishing tactics to help the fish? Hear me out...

fish pale pat's rubber legs fly patterns when fly fishing the stonefly molt

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weird flies that work

The Stonefly Molt

Attractor dry flies, sparkle pupa, why do trout rise? Gary LaFontaine Dry Fly New Angles

trout vision Featured

Attracting Rises from Trout

Wisdom from a forgotten book: Why do trout rise to a dry fly? Exploring LaFontaine's lost ideas on attractors

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perfect trout fishery

Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (3 of 3)

How would you build the perfect trout fishery? It's like Roller Coaster Tycoon for Fly Fishing. Part 3: Site Management

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perfect trout fishery

Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (2 of 3)

How would you build the perfect trout fishery? It's like Roller Coaster Tycoon for Fly Fishing. Part 2: Site Design

perfect trout fishery

Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (1 of 3)

How would you build the perfect trout fishery? It's like Roller Coaster Tycoon for Fly Fishing. Part 1: Site Selection

Nymphing with heavy flies or splitshot to get a trout's attention, ESN, indicator nymphing, fly fishing

nymphing Featured

Nymphing vs Turbulence

The nymphing angler is locked in a perennial quest to fish deeper because rivers fight back...

Stream Temperature Guide for optimal trout temperatures, and predicting macroinvertebrate hatch timing

rainbow trout

An Angler's Guide to Stream Temperatures

Did you know that your thermometer can be useful to uncover all kinds of fly fishing clues? Bug hatches, fish preferences, fish behavior...

Flies displayed include: chubby chernobyl, clouser minnow, barr's meat whistle, popper, crazy charlie, and turneffe crab

behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes

Unveiling the creative process from idea to ink for Due West Angler's distinctive articles on fly fishing + science + conservation

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tailwater

Tailstone Rivers: What Are They and How Do They Work?

how do tailwaters transform back into freestone rivers? (fly fishing)

Releasing a pre-spawn Wyoming Brown Trout

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big fish

5 Tips for Landing Those Big Fish

To be a true angler you need to experience the heartbreak of losing a big fish. Here's how to stack the odds in your favor so that doesn't happen...

anatomy Featured

Useful Biology: What A Fish Tail Teaches Anglers

We can learn clues about fish by simply understanding how tail shapes differ (Fly Fishing)

climate change

Western Trout Rivers: An Angler's Prospectus

Fly fishing: Out west, with years of lingering drought, and now reports of declining trout populations in the holy-waters of Montana...

behavior

Sibling Rivalry? Behavioral Differences When Browns and Rainbows Share a Stream

Rainbow Trout vs Brown Trout , the Ultimate Battle

cutthroat

Using Nature's Engineers to Slow Early Runoff

Before civil engineering ever existed, there were animals shaping rivers across N. America. Have we forgotten the benefits they offer?