Most importantly, tying an Adams will teach you to control stiffer dry fly hackle feathers in a tight space. You’ll need to ...

From a distance, I watched as a bright yellow maple leaf gently disengaged itself from the branch it had been attached to since April because of the aging process and a swift northerly breeze. The ...

The Super Game Improvement iron (SGI) category sometimes get an unfair rap. Just because these irons tend to target golfers who might need a little more help launching shots higher or generating a ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allow it to move in ...

Fly fishing isn't only about fly fishing. It's a much broader net that encompasses literature, painting, sculpture, culture, lifestyle, and the always popular, fly tying. I wouldn't say I'm a ...

The humid May evening appeared ideal for fishing — from our perspective, anyway. And by “our,” I’m referring to Chris Smith and me. The sky was overcast, and the humid spring air was pregnant with ...

If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...

Caddisflies provide a spring and summer target for all species from trout to panfish, and there are tons of great imitators out there. When these insects are flitting about the surface and getting ...