Members only terrestrials The Colorful World of Grasshoppers Fly tying: What are the best colors for tying and fishing grasshoppers. Check out our breakdown.
fly design Trends in Fly Innovation can we expect new innovations in fly patterns to continue forever?
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
Members only wet flies Why Swinging Soft Hackles Works It might be the oldest trick in the trout fly fishers playbook. Yet many people still don’t really know why swinging soft hackles work. It's hardly a natural presentation...
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
Rivers Down But Not Out: Runoff 6 favorite flies for fishing runoff, when the rivers are running high, and dirty.
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
Members only streamers How to Match the Hatch with Streamers Fly fishing: We all know about the bugs... but what about the baitfish?
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 tying Weird Flies that Work: Chartreuse Headstand I have a slight obsession chartreuse fly patterns...
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
Members only sculpin Featured Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte Why would a trout eat a sculpin fly in a river without sculpin?
fly tying 3 Under Appreciated Fly Tying Materials for Trout Fly Tying: I want to highlight some under-appreciated materials that look incredible
fly tying Weird Flies That Work: Polar Shrimp Fly fishing: An unexpected pattern to be treasured by a Rocky Mountain trout angler
Lakes The Elephant in the River Fly fishing: We're all going to have to deal with river overcrowding at some point in the future, if not already.
fly design What Makes a Fly a Classic? Fly tying: You may have heard that there are no original stories anymore, or that movies are all remakes... the same is true for flies
stillwater Why Don't We See More Chartreuse in Stillwater Trout Flies? Do you recall any chartreuse flies for trout when shopping at your average fly shop?
fly tying Weird Flies That Work: Slovakian Super Heavy Nymph Fly tying: Slovak Super Heavy nymphs are not messing around when it comes to getting deep.
fly tying Weird Flies That Work: Super-X Fly tying: Developed for the South Fork of the Snake River below Palisades Reservoir in Southeastern Idaho, the Super-X kind of has a cult following
essential reads End of the Year Round Up: Best of 2020 Our best fly fishing articles from 2020: mysis, salmonflies, and tippet rings