The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Largemouth Bass
Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, are native to the eastern half of the United States, southern Quebec and Ontario,…
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Why I Fly Fish
You’d be surprised how often I’m asked why I fly fish. It’s not that I hang out in…
Fly Rod Caddies for Float Tubes and Pontoon Boats
It had been a good morning. Stripping brown-olive leech imitations and olive Jay Fair Wiggle Tails with a…
Rigging Like a Guide
I’m a guide, and guides get to hear a lot about what fly fishers want to know. We’re…
The Bend-Up Deep Anchovy
When fishing California’s many offshore islands, inshore drop-offs, or deep freshwater lakes, fly fishers are routinely confronted with…
Midges and Mosquitoes: The Anywhere, Anytime Bugs
No matter where or when you fish for freshwater species, in streams or still waters, you can be…
Gearhead: Skunked
It happens to all of us. There are days when everything seems right, yet we simply can’t connect…
At the Vise: The Beetle Bug
I’ve never fished a Beetle Bug. Last year, though, while fleshing out a box of large dry flies…
At the Vise: Peter’s Pheasant Tail
The mayflies are small and few. If you look closely, you see them spotting the water, one here,…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Bass Bugs
Trout and Atlantic salmon flies evolved in Europe, particularly in Great Britain, but tying and crafting fly-rod bass…