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Fly fishing articles tagged with Smallmouth Bass

fly fishing story about alpine trout, nighttime walleye, rip-rap, headlamps, clouser minnows, balanced leeches, and chasing fish

Story From The Road: Rip-Rap

A story tracing spring bites from alpine trout to nighttime walleye. Rip-rap, headlamps, and the alchemy of chasing fish on the fly

When fly fishing for muskie, northern pike, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, are larger flies better for catching big fish?

Big Flies For Big Fish... right?

Big flies equals big fish, at least that's what we're all told. Is it actually true?

Fly fishing for Bonefish, Carp, Bass, Permit, Pike, Tarpon, they are all surprisingly connected

The Warmwater-Saltwater Connection

Can local warmwater fisheries help fortify the angling skills necessary for saltwater fly fishing?

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

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The Skunk Set Me Free

Getting skunked, catching nothing, was never an acceptable outcome.... until I realized different

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...

Useful Biology: What A Fish Tail Teaches Anglers

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Useful Biology: What A Fish Tail Teaches Anglers

We can learn clues about fish by simply understanding how tail shapes differ (Fly Fishing)

End of the Year Round-Up: Our Best Articles from 2023

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End of the Year Round-Up: Our Best Articles from 2023

Highlighting the essential reads from the past year's lineup of fly-fishing articles

Temple Fork Outfitters, Axiom II-X fly rod, an affordable TFO masterpiece

Instant Favorite: TFO Axiom II-X Fly Rod Review

This fly rod has become an instant favorite, reviewing the tfo axiom 2-x fly rod

Bass vision, how do flies like bass poppers, Mr Wiggly, Slumpbusters, other assorted bass flies look?

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More Clues on Fish Vision (Bass Edition)

Can fish see color? Bass don't see our flies like you'd expect...

that compass is pointing the wrong direction...

Frontiers in Angling

Let's take a look at those new fisheries, and how anglers can uncover new and unexplored frontiers in angling

Fly fishing for largemouth bass with bass poppers and streamers

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Understanding Warmwater Lakes

In warmwater fly fishing, especially bass fishing, we often just throw poppers and streamers with little emphasis on understanding the reasoning for these tactics

Conservation Concept: Artificial Boundaries

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Conservation Concept: Artificial Boundaries

Borders are everywhere. Not only natural but also artificial borders. The two don't always play nice...