If you’ve been casting flies on local streams lately, then you’ve most likely seen a few looks (followed by refusals) from those wary trout. When we see the fish refusing real insects in addition to ...

I have a gift for turning a simple task into a tangled nightmare. Something as easy as replacing fly line becomes an ordeal of knots and bird nests. Fly line is expensive. You don’t just throw it away ...

Take me to your leader, and chances are we’ll be able to fix some of your flyfishing problems. Leaders are among the basic elements of fly tackle, but the essentials of leader design and performance ...

Nymph fishing is undoubtedly the most effective method for catching trout. Unfortunately, the way that most people do it isn’t terribly entertaining. In my experience, you can only watch a strike ...