What do you picture when you think of fly fishing for trout? If your answer is casting a bug imitation that floats and then watching a fish rise to sip it off the surface, I’d say you fall in with the ...

The Importance of Depth Nymphs spend most of their time among the rocks and debris of lakes and rivers. Because of this, it is where you will find the fish that feed on nymphs, and it's where you want ...

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

A good fly reel will last a lifetime and help bring countless fish to hand. Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport ...

Learn to tie the Zebra Midge, a simple and effective fly pattern designed by Ted Welling. This tailwater nymph works year-round, especially in winter.

Fly fishers preparing for winter angling need to concentrate on the main food source for trout in the cold which is midges. An extreme focus on midges is all that is necessary during the ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

Nearly a year ago, Weston Sagdalen walked away from the Three Rivers Outdoor Expo & Trout Classic with a 5-weight fly rod, perfect for most fishing around here. Last Monday, the teen fishing fanatic ...

A freestone stream presents challenging issues during the winter. It takes patience, finesse and a high degree of resilience to achieve success on the Eagle River during the cold weather months. The ...

When we talk about trout flies, we usually group them into one of three categories: dry flies, nymphs, or streamers. But there’s a fourth, often overlooked category that can be very productive if ...