Indicator Fly Fishing for Halibut
We published this story 14 years ago, and the techniques and tackle that it described remain successful for…
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At the Vise: Peanut Envy
Don’t blame me. I didn’t make up the name. Funnier still, in Chile, where guides and anglers alike…
Mini Grabbers
September/October’s “One More Cast” column suggested several tools to help anglers fish well and safely. At the end…
Catchy Ideas: Underwater
Every so often, a new technology comes along that changes our understanding of how things are. Galileo’s telescope,…
Catchy Ideas: Livebait
Spend enough time fishing around conventional-tackle bass anglers, and you are bound to hear about big swimbaits. These…
Winter Largemouth Bass
If you picture the perfect conditions for chasing largemouth bass on the fly, the image you would conjure…
Jig-Hook Poppers
Poppers are exciting flies to fish, but most fly fishers don’t tie their own, partly because few have…
Gearhead: Gear You May Need
When I took over the “Gearhead” column, I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d be writing about. Fly fishing…
The Float-n-Fly Technique with Thurman’s Float-n-Flies
Many decades ago, when I was a youngster, my dad would take my brother Lincoln and me to…
Fishing Mountain Water in Winter
Fly fishing in the winter brings solitude, and an angler is rewarded not only with the chance to…