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Lee Wulff was once asked, “What is the greatest improvement you’ve seen in fly fishing?” His reply, “The tippet.” In…»

Photo | Emily Whitlock

Being a lifelong Oklahoma Sooners fan, I was never too excited about going to Austin, Texas, until I was asked…»

Illustration | Joe Mahler

The scene of jumping squid and striped bass recurs in my imagination when I’m off the water, and has kept…»

Photo | Arlen Thomason

  If your first thought upon seeing this image is of prehistoric monsters, you aren’t too far off the mark.…»

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Fishing out of a drift boat all day can be as simple as sandals and sunscreen. But when you really…»

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  Ant Success I recently had the pleasure of fishing the Green River below Flaming Gorge Reservoir. While hoppers were…»

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  Success on the stream or in life comes from taking a balanced approach. In the business world, successful CEOs…»

In 1992 the North Branch of the Potomac had no fish, and macroinvertebrates were difficult to find.

  The effort to achieve something great is always an enormous task. The effort to maintain that level of accomplishment,…»

Guide Shane Hunter hoists a 50-inch pike caught by Fly Fisherman publisher Steve Hoffman. The pike took a Monster Magic fished on a floating line over a subsurface weed bed. To see the video of this catch, visit flyfisherman.com and search for “Monster Magic.”

  A 2-pound walleye gets T-boned as you bring it to the boat. The small pike that you have on…»

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  Trout eat a host of aquatic insects, terrestrial insects, other fish, crustaceans, leeches, worms, and other foods. The food…»

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(Visual galleries after article) As fish hunters we sometimes see the fish we’re after, other times we encounter “searching water”…»

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Call it Euro, Czech, Polish, or short-line nymphing—no matter what tag you apply to it, the concepts are the same.…»

Pointers and products for children aged 4 to 10

  Every fly-fishing parent has a dream—a dream that their children will follow their footsteps down that muddy trail to…»

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Flexible and Breathable Hard shells are the waterproof, stormproof rain jackets we’ve all used for years. Hard shells keep you…»

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Get There Fast Belly boats had their day—and still do on small stillwaters across the West. Drift boats are king…»

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Find More Fish Love them or hate them, indicators are here to stay. They give you a focal point, help…»

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August on the upper Delaware can seem dreamlike. Dense fog is common in the space where Arctic reservoir water meets…»

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One evening while scouting a small spring creek near Hokatika on the South Island of New Zealand, I stood searching…»

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We were on a coastal steelhead river the day after a monster cold front dumped two inches of rain in…»

When the water is cold, and the bass are not taking surface flies, jig Clouser Minnows and other weighted flies along the bottom to catch large smallmouth and largemouth. Photo

Smallmouth and largemouth bass might be America’s most popular gamefish—and for good reason. These hardy, stocky predators smash lures (and…»

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Marching Orders Eastern March Browns are found predominately from the Eastern United States to the Upper Midwest. Western March Browns…»

The key to French nymphing is contact with the flies, and ultimately the  fish. Photo Todd Kaplan

  [French nymphing was spurred by competition fly fishers on the world championship circuit. Take it or leave it, but…»

Photo Aaron Otto

Big water, big flies, and a top-of-the-food-chain predator push the limits of fly-fishing sanity The image of the big white…»

Photo Aaron Otto

Big water, big flies, and a top-of-the-food-chain predator push the limits of fly-fishing sanity The image of the big white…»

Photo Cathy & Barry Beck

Keep upright and protect your home waters at the same time     River bottoms are treacherous terrains. At best…»