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 ...

If you haven’t tried chasing smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you’re in for a treat. These fish are... The post Your Go-To Fly ...

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 ...

The Czech Nymph is one of the fly ties recommended for spring angling. It’s time to look at our fly boxes to see what we will need for spring fishing. Early spring angling calls for a variety of flies ...

A couple of years ago, I was fishing with a group of fly fishermen that included two or three younger guys in their mid to ...

Every fly pattern has a story. Most fly tyers at some point develop their own flies that become their favorite pattern that is often a variation of another pattern. Usually, the story centers around ...

With thousands of fly patterns available these days, finding ones you can rely on day in and day out becomes daunting. Every angler has those “confidence patterns” in their fly boxes that they can ...

FISHING -- My Thursday column on fly pattern selection for the annual Jackson Hole One Fly Tournament was published before I could get in contact with a busy Trey Scharp, who won the competition in ...

It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...