dry fly

Fly fishing articles tagged with dry fly

fly tying

Weird Flies That Work: Mercer's Missing Link

A do-all fly to replace the parachute adams

tactics

Stay on Schedule to Find Success

Start the clock to figure out hatches or overcome challenging days on the water

drift boat

Drift vs Wade: By the Numbers

Comparing success rates for wade anglers vs drift boat anglers

stillwater

Sneaky Good Fly Lines for Alpine Lakes

Why make life harder on yourself when fishing alpine lakes?

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trout vision

Fly Color and LaFontaine's Color Theory of Attractors

Our final dive into the maddening world of LaFontaine's color theory of attractors

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terrestrials

The Colorful World of Grasshoppers: A Fly Tying Guide

Fly tying: What are the best colors for tying and fishing grasshoppers. Check out our breakdown.

casting

Lefty or Righty? It Affects Your Drift

Have you ever thought about how your casting arm affects your fly presentation?

fly design

Trends in Fly Innovation: Classics to Breakthroughs

can we expect new innovations in fly patterns to continue forever?

trout vision Featured

Attracting Rises from Trout with Dry Flies

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

fly tying

Get the Wings Right on the Chubby Chernobyl

Despite being a Swiss Army knife pattern, fly tyers seem to struggle with the wing on the Chubby Chernobyl

fly rod Featured

Which Fly Rod Is Best? That's Asking the Wrong Question

The dirty secret about a fly rod shootout: there is no best rod

nymphing Featured

Nymphing vs Turbulence

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

skunked

The Skunk Set Me Free: Reflections on Leaving the Nymphing Highway

Getting skunked, catching nothing, was never an acceptable outcome.... until I realized different

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...

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trout

Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior: How Trout Learn and Decide What to Eat

Fly Fishing graduate school: Understanding a picky trout can be the difference-maker when trying to present flies to these stubborn fish.

pattern hangover

Fish Memory and Pattern Hangover: How Trout Remember What They Eat

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...

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

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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

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

from the road

Story From The Road: The Cattle Drive

Fishing story: You don't know what's going to happen when you find yourself fishing in the middle of a cattle drive...

behavior

Sibling Rivalry: How Brown and Rainbow Trout Behave When Sharing a Stream

Rainbow Trout vs Brown Trout , the Ultimate Battle

fly rod

Rethinking the 9' 5wt Fly Rod: Why Longer Fly Rods Are Gaining Ground

Are longer rods going to replace the 9ft 5wt?