Experts Article Archives
- “Can I Find Solitude in Yellowstone?”
- “Can I Repair a Fly Rod in the Field?”
- “How Do I Get on a Company’s ‘Pro Staff’?”
- A Current Event
- A Dropper Fly Mystery
- A Sand County River-Poem
- About Handmade Fly Rods
- About the New Felt Bans
- About Those Line-Class Records
- All About Anodized Reels
- Are Discount Flies a Good Deal?
- Books and DVDs for First-Time Tiers
- Can Conservation Be Fun?
- Can Spawning Carp Be Caught?
- Casting Heavy Flies
- Casting: Controlling the Line Hand
- Constructing Leaders for Largemouth Bass
- Dealing With Wind
- Did Native Americans Invent Fly Fishing for Bass?
- Do’s & Don’ts of Guided Fishing Trips
- Does Bear Spray Work?
- Dry Fly Fishing on Small Streams
- English-Speaking Destinations
- Experts’ Top Ten Dry and Wet Flies
- Fall Baetis For Trout
- Favorite Searching Dry Flies
- Favorite Searching Streamer Patterns
- Figuring Out the Local Hatch
- Fishing High Water for Trout
- Flies of Innocence and Experience
- Floatant Vs. Desiccant
- Fly Casting From a Drift Boat
- Fly Fishing Jazz
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Dizzy’s Cheeks
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Why “Improv” Lives in Louisiana
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “Cover Art”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “If It Ain’t Got That Swing…”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “Out of the Mainstream”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “When You’re Smiling”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Am I Blue?
- Fly Fishing Jazz: An Art Form?
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Audible Fishing
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Beyond the Bobber
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Bonding with the Ax
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Breaking Down the Music
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Casting… A Note on Tempo
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Country Music, Czech Nymphing, and Tube Jigs
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Crescendos and Decrescendos
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Dropping the Bomb and Coming Tight
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Encounters
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Fundamentals Before Improvisation
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Gear Nirvana
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Goin’ to the Water Songs
- Fly Fishing Jazz: How Deep is the Ocean?
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Living in the Moment
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Locked On Happy… Take Five
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Matching the Music
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Mind The Cadence
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Never Too Early
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Ode To “Charlie Brown”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: On Buffalo Springfield and Bridging the Generation Gap
- Fly Fishing Jazz: On False Casting and Overhead Loops
- Fly Fishing Jazz: On Golf and Fly Fishing
- Fly Fishing Jazz: On Stage Fright
- Fly Fishing Jazz: On Writing About Fishing… “Roll the Miles”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Play Through the Glitches
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Playing the Breeze
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Recognizing “Mood Indigo”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Seat Belts, and a Lesson In Humility
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Sight-Casting in the Argentine Style
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Sparring Partners
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Standard Jazz and Standard Fishing
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Stories Minus the Hero Shots
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Be-Bop Hop
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Best “Improv” Flies
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The David Allen/David Allan Factor
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Feeding Rhythm
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Flow and the Fight
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Kid’s iPod
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Legacy Factor
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Monk Goes Fly Fishing
- Fly Fishing Jazz: The Music of the Jungle
- Fly Fishing Jazz: Throw ‘Em In a Trash Can
- Fly Fishing Jazz: To Honor the Late, Great, Etta James
- Fly Fishing Jazz: We’ll Never Be “Pop”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: You Can Always Do Better
- Fly Fishing Jazz: You Can Make a Livin’ Off G, C and D
- Fly Fishing Jazz: You’ll Never Get Good in “The Comfort Zone”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “Good Bait”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “I Waited for You”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “Muddler” Your Way Through a Day
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “So What?”
- Fly Fishing Jazz: “The Rest”
- Fly Fishing Opera? Bonefish Music.
- Fly Lines: Spooling, Leader Connections, and Fused Loops
- Fly Tying: What Is “Genetic Hackle”
- Gear: Getting a Bang for Your Buck
- Gel Spun for Fly Reel Backing
- Good Trout Release Practices
- Hi-Vis Coachmans For Brook Trout
- How “Improved” Really Is Our Fly Fishing Gear?
- How Close Should You Try to Get to a Rising Trout?
- How Do Fly Shops Price Gear?
- How Long Do Prepackaged Leaders Last?
- How Long Should a Prepackaged Leader Last?
- How To Avoid Breaking Fly Rods
- How to Choose a Bamboo Rod
- How To Decide Fly Reel Size
- How to Get a Magazine Article Published
- How to Get Your Fly Fishing Photos Published
- How To Hook Fish On Tiny Flies
- How To Plan A Fly Fishing Trip
- How to Plan a Group Trip
- How To Prepare for a Guided Fly Fishing Trip
- How to Recognize a Problem Bear
- How to Set Fly Reel Drags
- How to Sharpen Fly Tying Scissors
- How to Start with Stripers
- How To Unravel Prepackaged Leaders
- How to Weight Nymph Rigs
- How Well Do Fish Recover From Being Foul-Hooked?
- Imitation or Presentation?
- In Rivers We Trust
- Is There a “Correct” Casting Style?
- Is There a Secret to Untangling Knots?
- Is There Such Thing as a “Steelhead Rod?”
- Keeping Your Line From Tangling
- Learning the Double Haul
- Making an Effective Downstream Drift
- Mending Alternative: the Underpowered Cast
- Mending: Upstream or Down?
- Phil’s Favorite Brookie Fly
- Picking Your First Fly Rod
- Presenting Flies Behind a Midstream Rock
- Proper Loop-to-Loop Connections
- Quick and Easy Ways to Measure Trout
- Reel Facts
- Repairing Fly Line Coatings
- Right- vs. Left-Hand-Retrieve Reels
- Sending Back the Souffle
- Sharpening Hooks: Get the Point?
- Should I Teach My Wife to Fly Fish?
- So You Want to Be a Fishing Guide?
- Soft vs. Hard Monofilament for Leaders
- Summer Trout: Beating the Heat
- Tactics for Stocked Trout
- Tactics for Wary Trout
- Tandem Rigs for Saltwater?
- The Art of Persuasion: Donkey Edition
- The Best Way to Store Fly Lines
- The Difference Between Atlantic and Landlocked Salmon
- The Dynamic Roll Cast
- The Flats-Fishing Ready Position
- The Right Gear for Large Alaskan Rainbows
- The True History of the Switch Cast
- The Truth About Feltless Soles
- Unheralded Fly-Fishing Destinations
- Using a Sweep Set
- Using Indicator Flies
- Using the Snap-T Cast to Reposition Line
- Wading Jazz: Traverse the Current
- Was Dame Juliana Berners Real?
- Washing Breathable Waders
- What Is a Waddington Shank?
- What Line Should I Buy for Fishing Streamers?
- What Makes a Fly Pattern “New?”
- What’s So Great About Single-Hand Spey?
- What’s So Hard About Gear Reviews?
- What’s the Best Book for Beginners?
- What’s The Best Tippet-to-Fly Knot?
- What’s the Right Length for a Trout Rod?
- When The Hatch Is Over
- Where To Take a First Saltwater Trip
- Which Fly Rod Ferrule Is Best?
- Which Knot: Blood Knot or Surgeon’s?
- Which Strike Indicator Should I Use?
- Why Do Fly Fishing Magazine Covers Always Look the Same?
- Why Do We Have to Tip Guides?
- Why Fish Double-Taper Fly Lines?
- Winter Gear Storage Tips
- Winter Trout Fishing Tips
- ’Round Midnight: Time for the Mouse
