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Chasing redfish on the fly is something I've always wanted to do. And I'll admit, I've thought to myself that it look easy enough. I reckoned I could get the hang of it quick enough to make a trip down south worth my time and money. Then, I read this story by Owen Plair, over at Gink & Gasoline, and realized how wrong I was. He talks about how chasing...

Trout get all the love here in the Rocky Mountains, and for good reason. It's hard to beat the magic of catching a big trout on a tiny fly. But there's another fish in this area that gets degraded to the point some folks call it a "sucker." That would be the mountain whitefish. Whitefish are a native species that thrive in the same conditions trout...

In this recent episode of the Articulate Fly podcast, host Marvin Cash sat down with Austin Conrad to talk all about fly fishing for bass and musky in Virginia. Austin is co-owner of Virginia Trophy Guides, and he has a wealth of experience to draw from as he educates anglers in this episode. I personally enjoyed how he highlights the year-round fishing...

I've never caught a 24-inch brown trout on a fly. I've put a few 23-inch fish in the net, and more than a handful of 20-inchers. But I have yet to cross the 2-foot mark with salmo trutta, even though I'm surrounded by tailwaters supposedly full of fish near 25 inches. I reckon a lot of anglers fall into that same situation, which is why this recent story...

I was speaking with some beginner fly anglers recently, and one of the questions I heard was about how to retrieve a streamer. "There's not really a right or wrong way," I replied. "You just have to figure out what the fish want." In my experience, that's been largely true. Dom Swentosky, over at Troutbitten, has a slightly different take, however. I think...

Lake trout are an underrated fish to target on the fly rod. It makes sense, though, since they live so deep for most of the year. Unless you're fishing in Canada, catching them on a fly rod outside of a few weeks in spring and fall is just about impossible. If you want in on the action, though, you need to listen to this podcast from Joe Cermele. Joe sat...

Dom Swentosky has a recent post over at Troutbitten that will prove valuable to anyone looking to hone their skills at reading water. Specifically, Dom looks at how your tactics for reading water change as the seasons do, especially from summer to fall. What worked all summer long likely won't once the mornings become crisp again, and it takes a keen eye...

Fighting and landing big fish on a fly rod is a skill many anglers hone over time, but they often learn it the hard way. There are a few things you can do to make landing big fish more effective, which is especially important now that we know so much more about how fish recover from catch-and-release. That's why it's important to read this story from Kent...

George Daniel recently put together a great piece on getting started chasing bowfin on the fly rod. Bowfin are a unique, prehistoric fish that are on my personal bucket list, mostly because they're so different from any of the trout I have to play with here in the Rockies. Daniel's story details a trip he took with guide Drew Price, of Masterclass Angling...

Brown trout are mercurial, reclusive, and to many anglers, still mysterious. We're not sure exactly what makes these critters tick, but we are sure we enjoy catching them. To catch more browns - or to understand how to catch the really large ones - it will help to have a baseline knowledge of their habitat, feeding habits, and biology. That's where this...