When it comes to selecting flies for fishing, it's become obvious that pink is the new blue is the new purple. The popularity of these seemingly outlandish colors changes each season. Three seasons ...

For the longest time, anglers would tell me that what they landed their fish on was a San Juan worm. And even though I used various worm patterns, I never could seem to catch anything on one. Of ...

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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 ...

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.

Although wet flies will take trout from deep pools and cold spring inlets, they are most effective when fished through moderate-depth riffles and currents. These locations are easy to identify on ...

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