Flyfishing

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By: Harry Murray By parking at trailheads on Skyline Drive and hiking down to the upper reaches of the streams,…»

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Rainbow trout are rapacious, predatory hunters. They are not by way of genetics reclusive, wary of inanimate objects floating overhead,…»

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The first steelhead I ever saw eat a dry fly was in a Lani Waller video shot during 1986 in…»

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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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As a longtime commercial fly tier, I’m used to people marveling about how fast I can tie. Truth is, short…»

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When you spend years working in a fly shop, you become callous to the many items that surround you. I…»

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

Seasons Of The Sunfish

I’d like you to consider three questions: What is the first fish most of us catch on a fly? What…»

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Like many Fly Fisherman readers, I’m aware that the Matuka streamer pattern came from New Zealand. I was not aware,…»

The Mayfly Guide

  At last, Al Caucci has re-issued his revised The Mayfly Guide, originally published in 1984 as The Instant Mayfly Guide.  The…»

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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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The roots of fly fishing are deeply embedded in the trout streams of our youth, the salmon rivers of lore,…»

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  I confess, I am married to an extremely attractive female. She was both the prom and homecoming queen, and…»

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All sizes and shapes Women are shaped differently than men. That obvious fact makes it apparent that women need waders…»

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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…»