Where better to start a fly fishing journey than the mountains of Colorado. Join host Chad Foster as he pays a visit to the ...
When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...
For the most part, dry fly fishing is all about getting the perfect drift. Everything you read and/or see about the subject emphasizes that making your fly hold completely still as it floats along the ...
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 ...
Like a lot of fly fishing guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig ...
Dry Dropper by Dean Growdon It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote about the technicalities of fly fishing, so this week I ...
In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.
Hardy has released two new fly rod families – the Tactus and Firecrest. The Tactus is a lineup of light-line rods designed primarily for competition nymphing and some dry fly applications. The ...
A few days ago, the trout were rising to midges. I could go into the details of which river, water temperature, weather, and everything else that goes into a day of fly fishing, but for now it’s ...
The ultimate fly box for dry fly purists with strong construction and numerous compartments. It holds any size fly without damaging hackles. From the creators of the original silicone insert fly box, ...