grasshoppers Featured Pink Grasshoppers Really Do Exist In our never-ending quest to explain why unexpected colors work as fly patterns I found some insights in an unlikely place... the museum...
fly rod 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
colorado 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.
technical trout Featured 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.
Members only trout Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior: How Trout Learn and Decide What to Eat Fly Fishing graduate school: Understanding a picky trout can be the difference-maker when trying to present flies to these stubborn fish.
pattern hangover 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...
behavior Do Other Fish Know When A Fish Gets Hooked? Social Learning in Trout, Carp, Bass and Pike Let's talk about the social cues a group responds to, or doesn't respond to, when a fish gets hooked.
Members only fish behavior The Science of Rest: How Trout Recover from Angling Pressure Do fish remember being caught? And how long would it take to reset the timid behavior of previously hooked fish throughout an entire fishery?
terrestrials Story From the Road: Amy's Ante and the Two-footer Fish were rising everywhere, skimming #28 midges off the film of a deep run. Cows surrounded us as spectators for the feeding frenzy of a developing hatch. The water temperature was perfect...
exploring Frontiers in Angling: Exploring Liminal Fisheries as Modern Fly Fishing Let's take a look at those new fisheries, and how anglers can uncover new and unexplored frontiers in angling
Members only sculpin Featured Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte: Trout Don't Care What Your Fly Mimics Why would a trout eat a sculpin fly in a river without sculpin?
swim bladder Swim Bladders and Pressure Changes: What Anglers Need to Know Let's take a closer look at how fish swim bladders might be influenced by atmospheric pressure changes (ie; storms, cold fronts)
Members only conservation Featured The Warmwater-Coldwater Connection: Why Warm Habitats Matter for Trout Let's take a look at the surprising way that warmwater can support coldwater fisheries
exploring End of the Year Round Up: Best of 2022 We revisit the best of the best from 2022 slate of fly fishing articles.
rigging Field Testing the Right Angle Leader: Nymphing Solutions for Bigger Water We tested out the effectiveness of the right angle leader when fly fishing for rainbow trout and brown trout…we weren’t disappointed
from the road Story From The Road: Blind Pigs What is it about youth that pushes you to do stupid things? You combine that with trout madness and you've got a recipe for delinquency.
technical trout Catch More Trout: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Every Angler Fly fishing: Let's discuss everything from approaching the water, to rigging, flies, and dealing with picky trout.
climate change Western Trout Rivers: An Angler's Prospectus Fly fishing: Out west, with years of lingering drought, and now reports of declining trout populations in the holy-waters of Montana...
fly tying Weird Flies That Work: Polar Shrimp Fly fishing: An unexpected pattern to be treasured by a Rocky Mountain trout angler
Lakes The Elephant in the River Fly fishing: We're all going to have to deal with river overcrowding at some point in the future, if not already.
essential reads End of the Year Round Up: Our Favorite Fly Fishing Stories from 2021 We revisit the best fly fishing articles from 2021. Covering topics from alpine ice-off to fish behavior.
stillwater Why Don't We See More Chartreuse in Stillwater Trout Flies? Do you recall any chartreuse flies for trout when shopping at your average fly shop?
fly tying Weird Flies That Work: Slovakian Super Heavy Nymph Fly tying: Slovak Super Heavy nymphs are not messing around when it comes to getting deep.
cutthroat Using Nature’s Engineers: How Beaver Dams Slow Spring Runoff and Support Trout Before civil engineering ever existed, there were animals shaping rivers across N. America. Have we forgotten the benefits they offer?
