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Fly fishing articles tagged with trout

exploring the angles of nymphing, euro style and indicator

Nymphing Geometry

The golden rule of nymphing is to set your rig's depth 1.5 times the depth of the water. But what if that's all wrong?

fly fishing brown trout in beaver ponds

Using Nature’s Engineers: How Beaver Dams Slow Spring Runoff, Fight Fires, and Support Trout

Before civil engineering ever existed, there were animals shaping rivers across N. America. Have we forgotten the benefits they offer?

Releasing a Rainbow trout from the South Platte, Deckers, Colorado

No, Trout Aren't Lazy: How Fish Optimize Energy and Feeding

They say to look for areas where trout can indulge in their 'lazy' tendencies. One problem: trout aren’t lazy!

effects of catch and release angling, how does fly fishing affect trout behavior?

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Catch and Release: How do fish respond to fishing pressure?

By practicing catch and release we actively alter our favorite rivers and lakes and influence the dynamics of the fishery.

tips for catching more trout while fly fishing

Stay on Schedule to Find Success

Start the clock to figure out hatches or overcome challenging days on the water

Releasing a Rainbow trout from the Pueblo Tailwater, Colorado

The Dynamics of Fish Spooking: How Group Behavior Affects Catching Success

Why do fish spook? Why don't fish spook? Let's investigate.

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

fly fishing, story, brown trout, stillwater, coho, smallmouth bass, carp, wiper, striped bass, how to fly fish

Story From The Road: A Year Spent Avoiding the Familiar

What happens when all of your favorite spots were suddenly black listed? A year chasing new water

fly fishing soft hackles, pheasant tail, india hen, golden pheasant tippets, fly tying, saddle, partridge, grouse, grizzly, wet fly, wetfly, flymph

Active vs Passive Flies

Incentives for tying and fishing soft hackles: exploring how to activate your nymphing

fly fishing alpine lakes, cutthroat trout, single hand spey fly lines

Sneaky Good Fly Lines for Alpine Lakes

Why make life harder on yourself when fishing alpine lakes?

Flies and Lines for Drop-Offs

Flies and Lines for Drop-Offs

Losing flies on drop offs? Not catching anything? It might be your choice of fly line..

USGS Gauging Station on the Dream Stream, South Platte River, Colorado

Tracking the End of Runoff with Hydrographs: Tips for River Anglers

when to expect clear conditions after runoff?

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...

fly fishing nymphs, dry flies, wet flies, streamers, fly fishing trout, atlantic salmon, steelhead

Protecting A Fishery With Ineffective Angling?

Why would you limit your fly fishing tactics to help the fish? Hear me out...

Trends in Fly Innovation: Classics to Breakthroughs

Trends in Fly Innovation: Classics to Breakthroughs

can we expect new innovations in fly patterns to continue forever?

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

Reviewing Sunray's NoKnot Kevlar EZ Back Cast fly line

Reviewing Sunray's New Fly Line With Kevlar Core

Notes from our first time out with the no stretch kevlar core of Sunray's new EZ Back Cast fly line

Fly tying the Chubby Chernobyl fly pattern

Get the Wings Right on the Chubby Chernobyl

Despite being a Swiss Army knife pattern, fly tyers seem to struggle with the wing on the Chubby Chernobyl

Looking for a fly rod shootout to find out which fly rod is best? That's asking the wrong question

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Which Fly Rod Is Best? That's Asking the Wrong Question

The dirty secret about a fly rod shootout: there is no best rod

Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (2 of 3)

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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

Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (1 of 3)

perfect trout fishery

Building the Perfect Trout Fishery (1 of 3)

How would you build the perfect trout fishery? It's like Roller Coaster Tycoon for Fly Fishing. Part 1: Site Selection

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...

Favorite Flies for fishing runoff: Pigsticker, Woolly Bugger, Cranefly, Tequeely, Polar Shrimp, Pat's Rubber Legs

Down But Not Out: Runoff

6 favorite flies for fishing runoff, when the rivers are running high, and dirty.

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)

Umpqua, Cliff, Fishpond, Tacky, Plano, Fin River, Plan D, WYND, Orvis, Fulling Mill, Yakoda, what’s the best fly box?

Fly Box Shootout: Choosing the Best Storage for Your Flies

Umpqua, Cliff, Fishpond, Tacky, Plano, Fin River, Yakoda, what's the best fly box?