A Plan for All Seasons
Some things to consider on a hot summer day
Tips & Techniques
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Catchy Ideas: A Much Closer Look at Knots
What exactly happens when knots fail?
The AP Nymph
A classic named after André? A decade or so ago, I was out fishing “Geritol Cove” at Lake…
Summertime Hopper Droppers
One of the most effective and fun techniques in late summer and early fall
Tim Fox’s Caddis Poopah
As a fly tyer, I always wonder about how a particularly productive and ingeniously designed fly pattern was…
Hookless Air Fishing: The Future of Our Sport?
Harry Smith is the incarnate future of fly fishing. That might seem like an odd thing to say…
At the Vise: Baja Baitfish 9.9
Some problems don’t change. Ideas for imitating baitfish in Baja go back as far as the earliest anglers…
Catchy Ideas: Surfcasting
Fly casting is one of the great joys and great frustrations of fly fishing. If you can make…
At the Vise: Snowshoe Hare Emerger
With trout season in full swing and many of us tempted again to reach for another iteration of…
The Art of Mending
When I first started fly fishing, one of my instructors said this about mending: “Just pick up your…