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Fly fishing articles tagged with Salmonflies

comparing fly fishing from a drift boat to wade fishing, how to catch rates compare? Euro nymphing, indicator nymphing, streamers, dry flies

Drift vs Wade: By the Numbers

Comparing success rates for wade anglers vs drift boat anglers

fish pale pat's rubber legs fly patterns when fly fishing the stonefly molt

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The Stonefly Molt: Timing and Patterns for Trout

fly fishing hoppers, attractors, dry flies, royal wulff, chubby chernobyl, which colors work and why?

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Exploring LaFontaine's Color Theory of Attractors

this goes way beyond bright day, bright fly...

Attractor dry flies, sparkle pupa, why do trout rise? Gary LaFontaine Dry Fly New Angles

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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

Stream Temperature Guide for optimal trout temperatures, and predicting macroinvertebrate hatch timing

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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...

Foggy view of the South Boulder Creek tailwater, taken while hiking and fly fishing

Tailstone Rivers: What Are They and How Do They Work?

how do tailwaters transform back into freestone rivers? (fly fishing)

how does trout memory work? they remember flies after large hatches like the salmonfly hatch

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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...

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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

cluster of mating Salmonfly adults from the Colorado River

The Case of the Missing Salmonflies: The Logan River's Lost Stoneflies

What happened to the salmonflies in this western stream? Are other streams headed for the same outcome?