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A collection of 14 posts

History of the Mysis Fishery: Gaffe to Gold Medal

History of the Mysis Fishery: Gaffe to Gold Medal

Gather around the fire and let me tell you a fly fishing tale of how mysis ended up feeding fish well downstream from the intended destination.

Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior: An Angler's Playbook

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Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior: An Angler's Playbook

Fly fishing graduate school: Welcome to the big-leagues of trout fishing. You better come prepared.

Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior

Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior

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

Fish Memory and Pattern Hangover

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Fish Memory and Pattern Hangover

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...

Tips for Streams with Low Fish 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

Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte

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Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte

Why would a trout eat a sculpin fly in a river without sculpin?

Winter Nymphing: The Dropshot Rig

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Winter Nymphing: The Dropshot Rig

Fly fishing for winter trout is all about low and slow. Implement the dropshot rig to nymph more effectively with midges and bwos during the secret season. These tactics work great whether euro-nymphing or indicator nymphing.

Field Testing the Right Angle Leader

Field Testing the Right Angle Leader

We tested out the effectiveness of the right angle leader when fly fishing for rainbow trout and brown trout…we weren’t disappointed

Story From The Road: The Euro Litmus Test

Story From The Road: The Euro Litmus Test

Fly fishing: Euro nymphing vs. indicator nymphing go head to head

Tippet Rings: Rigging with a Secret Weapon

Tippet Rings: Rigging with a Secret Weapon

If you're fly fishing rig has multiple flies, a tippet ring unlocks the opportunity for both flies to move naturally.

Black-wing Emergers

Black-wing Emergers

Fly Tying: Discussing a nondescript pattern listed in Umpqua’s catalog often past over piles and piles of peridgons.

Where to Start with Stillwater Flies

Where to Start with Stillwater Flies

Our best stillwater fly patterns, condensed into a convenient to read word cloud. Pheasant tails and leeches go a long way.

Indicator Selection Influences Drift Success

Indicator Selection Influences Drift Success

4 tips for selecting a fly fishing indicator. Not all indicators are created equally, and each has its advantage, and disadvantage.

Down But Not Out: Runoff

Down But Not Out: Runoff

6 favorites for fishing when the rivers are running high, and dirty. Sometimes you need to think outside the box.