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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 ...
Flies Float, Phones Don’t(Post)The waters are high and off color. Water temps are in the mid 40’s. It’s a nymphing and streamer game. So I wake up late and head on up to the Coeur d’Alene River. Why ...
Tailwater(Post)One of the lucky side effects of dams is the creation of trout habitat in the tailwaters below them. The damming of rivers, and resultant cooling of the rivers below has added thousands of miles of t ...
Dropper Detail(Post)The dry-dropper rig is one of the staple techniques of modern fly fishing. Seems easy enough, right? Tie on a dry fly, tie a length of tippet to the bend of the hook, and tie on a bead head or otherw ...
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 ...
Fly FIshing Tips for Late Fall(Post)There's a chill in the air. Winter is almost here. Don't put away the fly rod just yet though. Some of the best fly fishing, uncrowded water, hungry fish, and natural beauty happens to be found out o ...
How to Fly Fish During High Water or Runoff: Pro Tips(Post)Spring and early summer bring a surge of energy to our rivers — snowmelt from the high country barrels downstream, swelling flows, and turning once-clear water into a swirling mix of sediment ...
Redfish On The Fly(Post)Chasing redfish on the fly rod combines hunting and fishing and can make for an awesome adventure. Skill and patience combine to give anglers some good clean fun on coastal marshes in the Atlanti ...
Stoneflies(Post)Stoneflies pack a large protein punch for trout. These large insects are an important part of a trout’s diet. The prime habitat for these nymphs is at the rocky bottom of the faster-moving a ...
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 ...
Why the Prince Nymph Is One of the Best Fly Fishing Patterns(Post)When I first started as a fly fishing guide over two decades ago, one of the first lessons I learned was this: if you want to consistently catch fish—whether you're on a freestone stream, tail ...
Fly In Focus: Ray Charles(Post)“Even a blind man can catch fish with this fly“….and so the legend goes of how the “Ray Charles” fly got its name. The pattern originated as a “guide fly” on Montana’s tail waters as a sow bug imi ...
The Rainbow Trout(Post)I love rainbows, I really do. These fish are strong, tail walking beauties. There’s nothing like seeing the acrobatic runs of a rainbow on the end of your line. Fortunately, rainbows are the most u ...
Fish Behavior Based on Water Type(Post)One of the most overlooked aspects of fishing, I think, is fish behavior. I’ve seen beginners really struggle with this, especially if fishing multiple species or changing from one to ...
Don't Throw Away Those Fly Fishing Flies!(Post)So, you left you flies in the box in your vest over the winter. You were going to clean everything out and put them back in their storage totes.....but....life got in the way. Now, ...
Dress Your Dries(Post)Drifting a dry fly is about creating a natural presentation. We focus a great deal on our pattern, drift and hitting the feeding lane. All for very good reason. Often overlooked though is preppi ...
