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Image courtesy of video produced by Outdoor Highlife, featured below. The spring white bass fly fishing run is one of the most productive — and most overlooked — opportunities in freshwater fly fishing, putting aggressive, schooling fish into wadeable tributaries across more than a dozen states from February through June. When water temperatures reach...

photo by Josef Three Spey casts—the Double Spey, Snap-T, and Perry Poke—will effectively cover ninety percent of the water you'll encounter on winter steelhead rivers. These foundation casts handle downstream wind, upstream wind, and heavy sink-tip situations respectively, giving you a safe, reliable answer to virtually any condition from British...

Here's a cool video in which Richard Magill—from Golden Fly Shop in Golden, Colorado—takes us along on his day throwing streamers at the Dream Stream during a cold, December day. A short tailwater section of the South Platte River, the Dream Stream is a popular winter destination for Front Range anglers, and Richard shares his favorite streamer...

Here's a great quick lesson on fly-fishing for stripers in the surf with a two-handed rod. George Revel from Lost Coast Outfitters in San Francisco fishes the surf in real time, sharing practical tips and observations on reading water, positioning, casting in wind, fly selection, and adapting to changing surf conditions. These are lessons learned through...

You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in the world with as much angling experience as Joe Humphreys, and in this video from The New Fly Fisher, he shares one of his favorite small-stream tactics, the long-distance bow-and-arrow cast.

Writing in Florida Sportsman, Chris O'Byrne offers some hot tips for targeting crappies on the fly in Florida: Good weather for crappie is often bad weather for other Florida activities. They are prompted to vigorous action by cooling lake and air temperatures, fresh winds predominantly from the north or west, and skies so cloudy that they look like a...

Here's a helpful video from The New Fly Fisher, in which Rob Heal describes the nuances and importance of high-stick nymphing, while fishing for trout in Idaho. The key is that the technique allows you to keep most, if not all, of your fly line off the water, which means your flies and indicator can drift more naturally.

 [Interview starts at 36:41] Tom Rosenbauer admits that he's not a big fan of using split, shot but after this interview with Dom Swentosky of the Troutbitten blog and podcast, Tom says he's going to use it a lot more. Dom's method of using split shot is simple and convenient, and he teaches us about placement, adding shot, and...

In this Tips and Tactics episode from Diamonback Fly Rods, Joe Goodspeed breaks down what he's learned from fly fishing for false albacore. From rod, reel, line, and leader setups to fly selection and presentation, Joe shares proven methods to help you bring more consistency to your albie pursuits.

Looking to make a trip to the tropical flats for the first time? For trout anglers, chasing bonefish can feel foreign and intimidating, but an article by Chris Hunt in Hatch Magazine tries to help you get ahead of the curve. This primer covers everything from gear and dealing with the brutal sun to presentation and the most important thing of all: Listen...