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...
As you're tackling the deep pools and runs in your local streams with some nymph flies, strike indicators will eventually become necessary. These are nothing more than the fly fishing community's version of a bobber. Strike indicators allow you to keep your distance from trout and reach pools you wouldn't...
In these hot summer months, I always turn to a hopper dropper rig. I remember when I was just starting to fly fish and in the late summer months, I'd tie on a foam hopper that I made up with some craft foam from the local craft shops. I'd make this...
