For all of the squinting into fly boxes trying to locate the size #26 midge that goes on during winter, that goes out the window when it comes time to fish stoneflies! Trout are constantly in a caloric struggle of consuming versus conserving, and as such they love feeding on things...
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...
Much of our time is spent staring at strike indicators or sighter tippet waiting for the slightest sign of movement, so any chance to throw dry flies is a welcome change of pace! There’s obviously nothing wrong with throwing nymph rigs since they catch so many fish, but there’s something about...
Anglers who experience their first big caddis hatch aren’t soon to forget the event. There are surely stronger hatches with bigger bugs that occur throughout the season, but few are as reliable as the caddis. Unseasonal rain or cold can throw bug events like the green drake or sulphurs, but the...
While winter might not be synonymous with solid dry fly fishing, there are still plenty of opportunities to catch fish on top when the weather is cold! One of the biggest knocks on wintertime fly fishing is that it’s often long days spent watching indicators. The dry fly action certainly isn’t...
Throughout much of the East, March can be a tricky time to be on the water thanks to melting snow and constant rain. The extreme cold of winter may be in the rearview mirror, but that doesn’t mean the fishing in early spring is easy! An entire winter’s worth of snow...
For many of us, we don’t have the luxury of waiting until the perfect weather creates ideal conditions on a favorite trout stream. Winter seems eternal for the trout angler anxiously awaiting the return to warm weather and hungry trout. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with throwing tiny midges for selective,...
Sciaenops ocellatus, the fish that single-handedly sparked my conversion into fly fishing, is commonly known as the redfish. If the name redfish doesn’t ring a bell, you’re probably not from the South, but may have heard this fish referred to as red drum, puppy drum, spot tail, or channel bass. Redfish...
Euro nymphing is a specialized form of fly fishing using only heavily weighted nymphs with no split shots or strike indicators. It has been referred to as Czech, French, Tight-line, High Sticking, and Polish Nymphing. European nymphing was formally introduced in 1989 at the World Fly Fishing Championship by Wladyslaw...
Few moments in fly fishing rival the hard thud of a steelhead striking a streamer and the ensuing chaos that ranges from cartwheeling runs to violent shakes of the head. Streamers require some dedication from anglers because they typically won’t be quite as productive as nymph rigs, but there are certainly...
