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A hatch-master’s favorite hatches and his cutting-edge patterns to solve them

by Bob Quigley

I STILL distinctly remember my dad flipping out live grasshoppers from the edge of the stream and watching trout dash out from u...Read More

Retooling your tackle and refining your techniques to take trout on what they eat most—tiny nymphs.

by Dave Rothrock

Time and again we’ve been told that up to 90 percent of a trout’s diet consists of subsurface food items. When you consider ...Read More

From the midge-fishing meccas of the West, new patterns and tactics for tough trout across the country

by Ross Purnell

Where I first learned to fly fish, everyone said, “Big flies catch big fish,” and that was true. But where I fish now—on t...Read More

Getting started in fly fishing may be the most exciting--and challenging--thing you will ever do... well, almost. Why exciting? ...Read More

Eugene Schieffelin (1827-1906) loved Shakespeare a little too much. He decided that all birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays...Read More

The principal purpose of a fly-tying vise is to hold a hook securely. In this article we will examine what makes a "good" vise. ...Read More

The thing about the fog is, you almost always find the mayflies hatching through it. That’s one bit of streamcraft I’ve pick...Read More

Knowledgeable steelheaders throughout the Great Lakes region are slowly realizing the beauty and the effectiveness of tube flies...Read More

Your rod, reel, and line are important, but putting it all together and making it work effectively is a major obstacle to many n...Read More