Shave and a Hair Bug: How to Tie and Fish Deer-Hair Flies Spun-hair files are secret weapons for bass, pike, and trout. Here are the best fly patterns, fly-tying tips, and big-fish tactics ...

Fly-fishing is the best time you can have in a pair of waders. Here’s all you need to know to start snagging like a pro.

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 ...

Not a nymph, not a dry fly, but somewhere in between. Fly fishing with emerger flies can be a game-changer during the early stages of a hatch.

The 5-weight fly line you may use for fishing small dry flies has a tip diameter of about .030 inch. The 9-foot, 6X leader you attach to it should then have a butt diameter of about .020 inch.

How to Master Alpine Lake Fly Fishing: Essential Tips for Stunning Mountain Waters Don't underestimate these backcountry gems. The window of opportunity is short, but the payoff is big.

Tie Your Own! When you build your own trout leader, ... It has to do with the size of your fly. If you’re fishing anything from size 8 - 12, 3x tippet is your best bet.

Bluewater fly-fishing to me was always an enigma of sorts, mostly because it is hardly ever light-to-variable offshore. I couldn’t wrap my head around a perfectly presented fly in not-so-perfect ...

Cicadas are bugs, after all, and fly fishing at its core is a means of imitating natural insects. This isn’t to say conventional tactics won’t work, ... 12 Best Terrestrial Flies for Trout Fishing. By ...

With 6,000 miles of streams and more than 1,300 lakes and reservoirs in Colorado where anglers can fish for over 35 species of fish, it’s hard to narrow down just a few recommendations of where ...

The Boston Globe How a tiny Massachusetts river has become a star in the fly-fishing world Cold water, big fish, bigger crowds. Fly fishermen Walter Sysunwater (right) and Thomas Schubert took to ...