Getting Your Feet Wet in the Surf
Anglers unfamiliar with surf fishing often have trouble figuring out how to get started. The water looks uniform…
Tips & Techniques
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A Gathering of One (or Two)
When I first read Robert Traver’s words, “because only in the woods can I find solitude without loneliness,”…
Improving Your Back Cast
Over the years, I have watched countless people struggle with their casting. Some suffer in silence, while others…
Go-To Flies
Fly fishing is a game of confidence. That’s not the same thing as a confidence game, although there…
Green Butt Muddler
I spent some time on the phone the other day with one of those film guys who has…
Winter Flies: Five Recipes for Success
I am not a believer in silver bullets when it comes to fly patterns. I currently spend about…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: That Moon Phase Thing
At some point in your fly-fishing career, it’s going to dawn on you that despite any technical proficiency…
Gearhead: New Fly Reels and Lines for 2011
I suggested in the November/December “Gearhead” column that for 2011, manufacturers seemed to be working at perfecting or…
At the Vise: Bill’s Little Yellow Stonefly Nymph
During spring and early summer you may have noticed small, yellowish bugs flitting about on your favorite stream…
Under the Alders: Evermann’s Trout
It is only a question of time, a very few years at most, when the golden trout of…
