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How to Fly Fish Worm Flies
Trout are creatures of opportunity, and high-calorie forage items meet their metabolic needs. Worms are one such food source that trout will rarely pass up. Annelids are present year-round, and...
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Best Midge Flies for Fly Fishing and How to Use...
There are many chances for missed opportunities in fly fishing. Too early, to late, or you should have been here last year are often times the overarching themes of many...
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How to Fly Fish in December: Best Tips and Flie...
Winter fly fishing is much different then summer, spring, or fall fly fishing. Cold weather fly fishing can be very productive. The key to being success when fly fishing the winter...
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Mayflies: Everything You Need To Know For Fly F...
No matter whether you have been fly fishing before or not, you are probably familiar with what a mayfly looks like. They are synonymous with the sport of fly fishing....
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24 Best Fly Fishing Flies For Trout
There are many different types of flies to choose from when fishing for trout. Innovation in trout flies change year to year, and many patterns that were once hot trout...
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24 Best Fly Fishing Flies For Trout
There are many different types of flies to choose from when fishing for trout. Innovation in trout flies change year to year, and many patterns that were once hot trout...
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How To Fly Fish Montana: Everything You Need To...
It could be argued that Montana is the epicenter of trout fishing in North America. Whether you agree with that statement or not, it is fair to say there is...
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How to Fight a Big Fish on a Fly Rod
For many anglers, there isn't much thought given to fighting and landing fish on a fly rod. Most of the time, matching the hatch, finding big fish, and fly presentation...
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The Best Places to Go Fly Fishing in New Mexico
New Mexico offers a wide variety of trout fly fishing experiences for anglers of all levels. From pristine alpine lakes to meandering rivers, this beautiful state is home to numerous...
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How to Fly Fish a Woolly Bugger Fly
The Woolly Bugger or Wooly Bugger is one of the most simple, versatile, and effective flies in fly fishing history. Trout, panfish, bass, carp, redfish, bonefish; you name it, it...
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How To Fly Fish Euro Nymphs: Everything You Nee...
European-style nymphing, or Euro nymphing, is a type of fly fishing that has become popular in the United States in the last decade or so. Created behind the communist iron...
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How To Mend Your Fly Line When Fly Fishing
Presentation is everything in fly fishing. No matter which dry fly, emerger, nymph, or wet fly we choose to fish, ensuring that it is floating naturally in the water is...
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How To Fly Fish With Nymphs: Everything You Nee...
Nymphing techniques for trout are one of the most productive methods of fly fishing for catching fish. Dry fly fishing is considered the purest form of fishing by many fly...
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Best Fly Fishing Gifts - A Guide Approved List ...
Fly fishing is a gear-centric sport. One of my favorite aspects of the sport is that there is an endless amount of cool equipment to choose from at different price...
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How To Fly Fish A Two Fly Setup
Fishing two flies and even three flies can double your chances of catching fish. Multiple fly rigs cover different depths and multiple insect hatches at one time. Using multiple flies...
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Essential Fly Fishing Gear for Beginners: What ...
One of the best parts of fly fishing is the gear that goes along with the sport. Choosing the right fly gear for beginners can be hard. It is difficult...
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7 Best Carp Flies And How To Fly Fish For Carp
Are you tired of fishing for bass or trout? The good news is that no matter where you are in North America, Carp can be found in a river or...
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Dry Fly Fishing: Everything You Need To Know Ab...
While there are many different ways to catch fish, catching fish on a dry fly is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the sport of fly fishing. Dry...
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How To Fly Fish for Bass: Fly Fishing Guide to ...
Bass are the most sought after game fish in North America. No matter what state you live in, there is a high likelihood that there is a place to fish...
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How to Fly Fish Caddis Flies
Clients often me ask on guided fishing trips, "What is the most important hatch or insect for trout fishing?" Mayflies and stoneflies, especially the big ones like green drakes, brown...
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How to Backpack and Travel with a Fly Fishing Rod
Taking the road less traveled to explore new water can yield huge rewards. Many of today's famous trout rivers are overcrowded with anglers. This is especially true after the pandemic,...
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Everything You Need To Know On Green Drake Mayf...
Mayflies are some of the most recognizable aquatic insects. Their characteristic upright wings, extended body, and long tails make them easy to see. They are aquatic insects that even novice...
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How to Fly Fish Tricos
Fly fishing is a technical sport. One that is focused on matching hatches and presenting flies in a strategic way. It could be argued that deciphering and fly fishing a...
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How To Fly Fish Midge Flies
Midges are often overlooked and underutilized when fly fishing for trout on rivers and streams. Midges make up an important part of a fish's diet. They are important to anglers...
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What Is Fly Fishing? A Beginner’s Guide To Unde...
Fly fishing is a fishing technique that involves using a special fly rod, reel, and line to cast artificial lures that imitate insects called flies. These fly fishing flies can...
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Fly Fishing Streamer Flies: Everything You Need...
Big fish eat big meals. Streamer fishing is your opportunity to target larger fish in the river. Next, to dry fly fishing, it can provide some of the most exciting...
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10 Best Places To Go Fly Fishing in Georgia
Georgia is not known for having large insect hatches like many of the Western states are known for, but does offer unique fly fishing opportunities 12 months of the year....
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How To Fly Fish In The Spring
If you are a fly fishing nerd, then chances are you have been fishing very small flies to lethargic fish all winter long. Spring is nature's great awakening. Snow turns...
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How To Fly Fish Wet Flies: Everything You Need ...
Fly fishing could be described as a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, then wrapped in a puzzle. From a broad view, especially for new fly fishers, showing up to a...
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Blue-Winged Olive Mayflies: Everything You Need...
The mayfly is the quintessential aquatic insect that is often thought of when people visualize insects and fly fishing. Blue Wing Olive Mayflies are an important hatch that occurs year...
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Fly Fishing Hook Sizes: How To Choose The Right...
It can be confusing to start fly fishing when there are so many different fly fishing hook types and sizes to choose from, especially when other anglers start mentioning 1.5x...
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How To Setup A Fly Fishing Rod For Beginners
Most anglers that are new to fly fishing have some fishing experience. People’s fishing journey starts with a regular rod and reel on either a pond or at the coast....
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How To Fly Fish For Beginners: A Step-by-Step G...
Fly fishing is a type of fishing where anglers use artificial lures called "flies" to imitate real insects. Fly fishing flies are commonly made out of natural materials such as...
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4 Different Types of Fly Fishing Flies And How ...
Entering a fly shop for the first time can be intimidating. I remember being new to the sport and feeling intimidated when entering fly shops. Although everybody in the fly...
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How to Fly Fish for Trout in the Winter
Mountain towns in winter are bustling with snow skiing bound visitors. Restaurants are full, and the streets are crowded with families searching for the next best t-shirt shop or the...
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How To Fly Fish in March and Early Spring Time
A Guide to Fly Fishing The Spring Fishing Season Springtime is an exciting time of the year for anglers. Huddled over our fly tying vice, or rereading The Drake Magazine...
