wyoming

Fly fishing articles tagged with Wyoming

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weird flies that work

The Stonefly Molt: Timing and Patterns for Trout

from the road

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

geography Featured

Who Claims the Title as Headwater State?

How does water move across the West? Which state is the West's true headwaters state?

nymphing Featured

Nymphing vs Turbulence

The nymphing angler is locked in a perennial quest to fish deeper because rivers fight back...

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big fish

5 Tips for Landing Those Big Fish on Your Fly Rod

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...

salmonflies

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

private waters

Let's Talk about Private Waters: Access, Pressure, and Angler Experience

The comparison of fishing pressured public waters to private regulated-access waters is enlightening for anyone interested in fish behavior.

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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?

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behavior Featured

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

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...

tailwaters Featured

The Double Tailwater Phenomenon: How Reservoirs Produce Epic Trout

"Tailwater" is almost a mythical word in Western fly fishing. What about double tailwaters?

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cutthroat history Featured

The Story of the Cutthroat Trout Subspecies: Origins and Evolution

This is the story of how Cutthroat trout spread across western North America and transformed into their distinct variations

video Featured

One Minute Video: Platte, North

Fall fly fishing trip to the Miracle Mile, Wyoming

colorado

Raining Dust: How Airborne Particles Accelerate Alpine Snowmelt

We discuss a phenomenon that's causing earlier spring snowmelt

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alpine

Alpine Ice-Off: Predicting the Thaw for Spring Trout Fishing