If you are a fly fishing nerd, then chances are you have been fishing very small flies to lethargic fish all winter long. Spring is nature's great awakening. Snow turns to rain, trees and flowers bloom, and the fish start to wake up too. For fish, this is an internal...
While May is usually known as the best month for hatches in the Eastern U.S., March and early April can be a great time to get out and enjoy some early season dry fly action! Trout aren’t terribly unlike us in that they can be lethargic in the cold. The chilly...
While everyone loves to catch wild trout, many anglers have no choice but to target stocked trout thanks to their prevalence and proximity to home. There’s nothing wrong with going after these hatchery-reared fish, but sometimes the flies we use to target them are a bit different than on the...
Spring fly fishing is punctuated by strong hatches that stir trout from their winter slumber and into a feeding frenzy. The warmth of spring stimulates bug life in a big way, and for the first time in months, trout have a variety of insects to choose from to fill their dietary...
I fish many stream systems and will admit that my fishing will typically focus on small streams. This means that my dry fly fishing will target some small stream fish, eager to eat large morsels! Dry fly fishing small streams is a blast. Here are my favorite dry flies for chasing...
Everyone has their favorite go-to flies for spring. But, across the board there is very little variety. So, we made this list to show you some other great spring flies and why we chose them.
