The famed October Caddis is a nationwide gift to anglers. As deciduous trees shed their leaves, signaling the end of growing season, fly anglers should ready themselves to fish the giant tent winged caddisfly. Beginning in September and lasting into November, depending upon your geography, the caddisfly will constitute a major...
Fall fishing gives you a little bit of everything. Warm days, cool days, downright cold days are all in the mix. Dries, nymphs, and streamers all have a place on the menu. The foliage is an added bonus to spending hours on the water and if you live in a...
An overlooked trout destination South Carolina is known for a lot of things. Shrimp and grits and mustard-based barbecue. A religious obsession with college football. When you’re putting together a list of things to do in this state, trout fishing is not often at the top. When most anglers think of South...
When anglers think of winter fly fishing, it’s not often that dry flies come to mind. Rare is the January or February day when we ditch weights and indicators in favor of fly float and parachute dries. They do happen, however, and the ambitious fly fisher can catch trout on dries...
A good bug hatch is always a welcomed occurrence for fly-fishers. Very few hatches, however, are backed by the anticipation surrounding what thousands of eager anglers will experience this summer. Starting in mid-May, and lasting through to the end of June, the Brood XIII and Brood XIX will emerge. This co-emergence...
Fly Fishing is a complex sport. There are times of the year when an angler may go to the water anticipating catching fish in a particular way and it just doesn’t happen. This can be especially true during the colder fall, winter, and early spring months. As anglers, we focus...
When nothing is working. You could be doing everything right and still have no luck catching anything. Sometimes matching the hatch and making near-perfect casts doesn't guarantee landing a fish. However, there are a few fly fishing tactics that you can do to maximize your efforts and improve your chances drastically. Keep...
Most of the flies in your box can be trimmed, colored, and adjusted to imitate practically anyhatch. Bringing a Sharpie or two and your handy clippers is all you need to take an Adams andcraft it into a spinner. Creativity Your ability to match the hatch depends on your creativity and knowledge...
When you see visible signs of trout feeding on the surface don't immediately make a beeline for the water's edge. Your most definitely going to push them away and pause them from feeding. Trout can see quite well directly on their sides about 90 degrees front-to-back. The best places for...
Euro nymphing is not as easy as watching a strike indicator plunge under the surface at every strike, but not by much. However, Euro nymphing is definitely more effective and, arguably, more entertaining due to the attentive nature you need to do it effectively. I would say that dry fly fishing...
