Tag: Fish

Choosing Flies Size Matters When choosing trout flies, the relative importance of fly characteristics in your selection, in order, should be: size, shape, color, and action (for stripped flies). In saltwater, action is often more important than exact size and shape. Dropper Flies or Tandem Rigs Dropper flies are a trout angler's secret weapon. A simple...

"The Woolly Bugger. No matter if you're brand-new to fly fishing or have been fly fishing 5 decades, it's in your pack. You can't avoid 'em, they catch fish universally. Let's take a look at how to fish woolly buggers using different tactics, techniques and where in a river to apply each."

I’m riding shotgun in a Toyota Four Runner outside Ovando, Montana, blazing across the sere yellow valley below layered green mountains, trying to figure out how to buy a Montana fishing license on my phone in a land where cell reception is like grizzly bears: for sure they’re around but it’s hard to say exactly where. What with Covid, my travel game...

I originally came across this story when the Wild Steelhead Coalition shared it on Instagram, but it comes to us courtesy of Lynda Mapes at The Seattle Times. This story is an absolute must-read for anyone who considers themselves a conservationist. The story details the huge resurgence in king salmon in the Elwha River, following the removal of the...

Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about tenkara. In this video, Daniel Galhardo, who introduced tenkara outside of Japan, will guide you through all aspects of tenkara. - An introduction to tenkara [0:15] - The tenkara rod (how to open a tenkara rod, how to maintain it, and more) [1:55] - How to set up your tenkara rod, line and fly. Plus the...

"This week I didn't catch many fish, but I went to four new rivers, hooked and lost lots of fish, and had an all around good time. Stay tuned for more fall and winter fishing coming very very soon!"

"It's day 4 and FINALLY, I'm DRY FLY FISHING the Driftless! The day starts at a pretty public area which I figured wouldn't be too busy since it was mid-week. However, I didn't realize the stocking truck was also visiting this stream. Not wanting to fish behind the recently stocked trout, I decided to try another new stream. It was way beyond my...

Patagonia, an outdoor equipment and apparel company based in Ventura, California, has renewed its support of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust as a Platinum Corporate Sponsor. “Our mission statement is simple,” said Ted Manning, Patagonia’s director of fly fishing. “We’re in business to save our home planet. That means we are solution-driven...

The Soft Hackle Emerger is an old pattern for me that I originally came up with back in my guiding days. I developed this pattern as an alternative to the ubiquitous RS-II. I have since discovered why this pattern has produced so well for me. It seems that Baetis do not fall onto the water in the spinner stage as many other mayflies do. Instead, Baetis...

In an article that ran in the August print version of Fly Fisherman Magazine, Pat Dorsey details some great tactics for targeting suspended trout. These are the fish you see midway in the water column, but aren't sure exactly how to fish for them, or which flies to use. Dorsey takes you through a few tricks you can use next time you find suspended trout...