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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...

MidCurrent Plus Live Event - March 25, 2026 Synopsis This inaugural MidCurrent Plus live event pairs host Phil Monahan (Vermont) with guest Tim Flagler (New Jersey) — one of fly fishing's most recognized tying instructors, known for his YouTube channel and appearances at consumer fly fishing shows. The conversation covers three early-season fly patterns...

Dead-Drift Techniques for Cold-Water Trout There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over a trout stream in January. Snow dusts the banks, ice rims the slower eddies, and most anglers have long since hung up their rods until spring. But for those willing to brave the cold, winter offers something valuable: the chance to become a genuinely better nymph...