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The Stonefly Molt

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

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Nymphing vs Turbulence

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

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

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Behind the Scenes

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

Releasing a pre-spawn Wyoming Brown Trout

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...

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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

Fly fishing the Uncompahgre River, Colorado

Let's Talk about Private Waters

The comparison of fishing pressured public waters to private regulated-access waters is enlightening for anyone interested in fish behavior.

Eleven Mile Canyon stretch of the South Platte, Colorado, how do trout respond to fishing pressure?

The Science of Rest: Trout Get Burnout Too

Do fish remember being caught? And how long would it take to reset the timid behavior of previously hooked fish throughout an entire fishery?

Wading and fly fishing the Gunnison River, Colorado, tactics for fly fishing rivers with low trout density

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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

Miracle Mile Fly Fishing, double tailwater, tailwater fly fishing, Dream Stream, Land of the Giants, Montana

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The Double Tailwater Phenomenon

"Tailwater" is almost a mythical word in Western fly fishing. What about double tailwaters?

A beautiful Colorado River strain cutthroat, Pearl Lake, Colorado

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The Story of the Cutthroat Trout Subspecies

This is the story of how Cutthroat trout spread across western North America and transformed into their distinct variations

Fly box full of terrestrials and hoppers for late summer

Silver Linings Fly Box: Grasshoppers and Drought

Fly fishing: There is one interesting byproduct of the drought that could serve to favor trout anglers when fishing hoppers

fly fishing Clear Creek, Colorado

Headwaters Shootout

How does water move across the West? Which state is the West's true headwaters state?

Alpine Ice-Off: Raining Dust

Alpine Ice-Off: Raining Dust

We discuss a phenomenon that's causing earlier spring snowmelt

hiking and fishing the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado

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Alpine Ice-Off: Timing The Thaw

This football shaped rainbow has been eating well, North Platte, Wyoming

Rainbow Trout: Global Invaders (Part 2 of 2)

Did you know Rainbow trout are considered one of the most invasive species on the planet? But still, anglers love them. They have an interesting past, to say the least...