Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

While picking up mail at the post office recently, I crossed paths with a local fly fishing acquaintance and stopped to chat.

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

Fly fishers gain proficiency through experience. Those that embrace the fly rod and do not feel encumbered by its limitations ...

Decisions, decisions. If you’re a fly angler, you have lots to make. Yes, there are plenty of different lures on tackle-shop shelves, but not nearly as many as there are different fly patterns in well ...

Few things are more frustrating than watching a trout turn its nose up at your fly. You did enough to get the fish interested, but your presentation wasn’t all the way convincing. Maybe it wasn’t ...

Do this one thing, and you will increase your catch rate by getting your fly in front of more fish. I've written about this before, but it is worth repeating. If you're not comfortable fishing with a ...

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