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July. Time for Hoppers.(Post)
It's that wonderful time of year called summer. Let’s talk about something to put in your summer aresal of outdoor fun. I’m not talking about beers and BBQ (although that is one of my favorite act ...
Convertible Flies(Post)Certain flies seem to be able to almost do it all. Here's a few of my favorites and what they can work for. Wooly or Krystal Bugger - This is THE lake fly, possibly THE fly period to have if you hav ...
Dress Your Fly For Success(Post)Presenting a fly fishing fly is all about making your offering look as natural as possible. This includes a drag free drift properly placed in the water. But it also includes the correct ...
10 Must-Have Trout Flies For Fall Fly Fishing(Post)Fall showers bring high water and fast currents, not to mention aggressive trout. Navigating these cold waters can be a difficult task for fly fishers without the right flies.The Right Fly With ...
Introduction to Fly Fishing: Reading The Rise(Post)Oh, there's fish rising! So the hustle down to the water, the plop into the stream, hurry and get your fly out......and nothing. I see this mistake all the time.To become a skilled fisher ...
The Rainbow Warrior: One of the Best BWO Patterns(Post)Take it from a guide that has spent countless days on the water with this pattern at the end of the line. The Rainbow Warrior with a glass bead is an outstanding Blue Winged Olive (BWO) imitator beca ...
Hopper Dropper Rig(Post)What’s better than a dry fly bite? Not much in my book. It’s late summer/early fall and the Grasshoppers are out in force. Water temps are falling with the cooler nights and shortening of dayli ...
Weather Effect(Post)It's obvious that weather affects fishing. Weather can affect different trout water types quite differently though. Here are a few of the key weather effects that may change your fishing success. Wa ...
Choosing the Right Fly(Post)As fly fisherman we dream about time spent on the water. Its what we live for; those moments of hooking up with our desired species. The exhilaration that comes from seeing that trout come up and s ...
Getting Into the Game(Post)For those of us that live and breathe fly fishing it's sometimes difficult to remember when it was all new and a little confusing. Fly fishing has so many different fly patterns, types of gear, gadge ...
Fishing Small Streams(Post)I moved from Spokane, WA to Mountain Top, PA a little over a year ago. It’s been an adjustment. I really haven’t gotten out as much as I would have liked with the demands of a new full-time jo ...
Lees Ferry Colorado River Update(Post)Well folks, it has been a very busy month here for us at Lees Ferry Anglers. Happy to have received my huge order of RiverBum flies just in time for the enormous midge hatch ...
Musky On The Fly(Post)Musky On The FlySo you want to catch a Musky on the fly! This is not for the faint of heart. Of course, chances are you’re already a Musky fisherman and know this already. Musky are called the f ...
High Sticking.....Dry Flies(Post)You read that right….high sticking DRY flies. High sticking is a very common technique for nymph fishing, but often not even considered on a dry fly.A few years back I was on a long weekend trip to ...
Nymph Fishing: The Hopper-Dropper Technique(Post)Whether called the Dry-Dropper, Hopper-Dropper, or the double lindy, this method of fishing was popularized in the west but is now deployed all over the world. The basic premise is that your stri ...
Fishing Big Hatches(Post)The big hatches are approaching fast! I've sometimes, though, been disappointed on fishing trips when I've shown up at a destination and heard that I had just missed the hatch or I've had less than g ...
