Author - Nathaniel Treichler

Fly Fishing Divers And Popper Flies For Warm Water Bass

As the water warms up in the spring and summer,  you can enjoy some of the most exciting action of the year as fish activity rises rapidly.  There are few experiences in fishing more exciting than the explosion of a predatory fish, lurking in the murky waters, then breaking the...

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Warm Water Fly Fishing In The Fall And Off-Season Months

Are you a bass fisherman who loves explosive action? How about a fly fisherman who wants to try a different experience than tempting wary out? Do you live in an urban area with smaller ponds and lakes, but with out of the way trout streams? If you fit any of these categories, you...

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dry dropper fly fishing tips

Dry-Dropper Nymph Tactic For Selective Trout

Every fly angler has been in this exact situation hundreds of times. You've found a slow-moving pool with a pod of trout visibly rising to feed. The trout are rising consistently and you've been watching carefully. Rather than taking insects sitting on the top, they look to be stopping short...

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Fly Fishing Best Trout Flies For Summer Trout

11 Best Trout Flies for Early Summer Fly Fishing

When it comes to early Spring trout fishing, the forage buffet becomes troublesome to pinpoint patterns that match the hatch on your local stream. It isn’t easy to navigate the wide world of online fly shops, searching for the best flies. That’s why here at The Fly Crate, I’ll break...

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Effective Dry Fly Fishing For Rising Trout: A Delicate Presentation Is The Best Presentation

A delicate presentation helps keep your fly afloat longer. After work, I can't wait to rush out to the stream and get fishing. Often times I arrive just before dusk and right in the middle of a hatch. My adrenaline kicks in and my heart rate spikes. Seeing so many mouths feeding...

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5 Flies That You Either Love Or Hate

Many different fly fishing flies have been made over the years from new and controversial materials. Yep, you'll notice materials used from squishy kid toys and your fancy kitchen mop are now found conveniently wrapped around a hook. Even crazier, they catch loads of fish. So as you're out on...

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4 Reasons Why You Should Absolutely Hire a Fly Fishing Guide

Fly fishing guide services can be found in all 50 states and across the globe, for good reason!  It’s a fairly big commitment to spend hundreds of dollars to enlist a professional guide for the day, and anglers want to be sure that their investment is worthwhile.  Fishing with a guide...

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Strategies You Haven’t Considered While Fly Fishing For Trout

Fishing Streams After A Rain There are always tactics and techniques to catching fish in nearly every situation, and fly fishing high, muddy streams after a rain is no different. In these high water conditions fish will seek refuge in slack water and along the banks. Don’t expect to catch fish...

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What Size Fly Fishing Tippet and Leader Should You Be Using?

Of all the aspects of fly fishing that intimidate anglers, choosing the right line and knowing when to use it perhaps stands above all others. So here's a quick guide to choosing the correct size fly fishing tippet and leader. Table Of Contents What is tippet? What is a fly leader? How to use tippet. Different...

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