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Fly fishing articles tagged with mayfly
indicator nymphing, fly fishing, euro nymphing, stoneflies, caddisflies, mayflies, stonefly, caddisfly, mayfly, hatch, perdigon, copper john, zebra midge, split shot, tailwater, freestone
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macroinvertebrates

Why Do Bugs Drift?

24 Nov 2025 4 min read
Attractor dry flies, sparkle pupa, why do trout rise? Gary LaFontaine Dry Fly New Angles
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
11 Nov 2024 7 min read
swinging soft hackle for trout spey, fly patterns include hares ear, partridge, peacock, pheasant tail soft hackles
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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...
04 Nov 2024 6 min read
Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (2 of 3)
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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
08 Jul 2024 6 min read
Stream Temperature Guide for optimal trout temperatures, and predicting macroinvertebrate hatch timing
stream temperature

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...
20 May 2024 5 min read
Foggy view of the South Boulder Creek tailwater, taken while hiking and fly fishing
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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)
25 Mar 2024 3 min read
how does trout memory work? they remember flies after large hatches like the salmonfly hatch
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...
17 Jul 2023 2 min read
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