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 represent all sorts of food fish eat like ants, mayflies, caddisflies, minnows, frogs, and mice. The goal of fly fishing...
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 hair, feathers, and fur to represent any insect found on the bottom of the stream to bugs flying in the...
Fly fishing can be rather complex when it comes down to the technicalities of rigging up your fly rod. Some of the most frequent questions we get for rigging up are about fly leaders and tippet. Below are some of our best answers and the truths to the most common...
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...
I myself have been completely guilty of mishandling fish, on more than one occasion in fact. I resembled a fly fishing novice back then. Fly fishing isn't easy, fish are feisty, slippery and proper handling isn't exactly instinctual. Since the early days, I have grown as an angler, thus...
