Once mid-June hits, the big hatches in the Eastern U.S. are mostly done, leaving anglers looking for the next thing to keep getting their dry fly fix. For most, the attention should then turn towards terrestrials in the form of ants, beetles, and hoppers. There is some sporadic caddis, midge, and...
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...
There isn’t much that gets an angler’s heart pumping quite like a big trout hammering terrestrials right on the bank, which makes August a month to look forward to each year. In most parts of the country, August is a relatively dead month in terms of heavy bug hatches. Tricos are...
It’s no secret that terrestrials are both fun to fish and incredibly effective at luring up big trout from the depths. In terms of protein, ants and beetles certainly pack quite a punch, but it’s the hopper that really makes trout go crazy. These buzzing bank-dwellers jump through tall grasses and...
At the end of the day an angler’s vest or pack can look more like a wrecked Christmas tree than anything else. Flies are strewn about, nymphs hopelessly snarled in the yarn of an egg pattern, and dry flies dangling from the eye of an articulated streamer are commonplace after an...
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...
The buzz of a million hoppers coming from the roadside meadow overtakes the truck’s powering down engine. A warm breeze wipes away the single bead of sweat rolling down the angler’s face as 4X leaders are topped off with 5X tippet. Waders have been stowed away for a month as the...
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...
