Tired of the same old dead drift? Got eyestrain from watching a tuft of yarn bouncing through the waves? Too much lead weight got you down? Then we’ve got just the deal for you. It’s called fishing ...

I don’t know if you’d consider it a clinical condition or not, but I have a long-standing predisposition for old, soft hackle wet flies and Catskill-style dry flies. The logical result, no doubt, of ...

ROCK CREEK - Effortlessly, with a flick of his 111/2-foot rod, Bill Gray roll casts 40 feet of line over a deep, swift run. Another flick of the long, limber rod mends the line, swimming the brace of ...

To help pass a few long winter evenings in the past couple of months, I read once again several classic fly-fishing books that had greatly influenced me during my early years. Absorbing the familiar ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

I don’t know about you but once I’ve wished everyone a Happy New Year, I’ve pretty much had my fill of winter. I suspect I’m not alone in that regard. And while others might be turning their thoughts ...

Older anglers remember wet flies, not nymphs or emergers or pupa, but fully formed adult insects that have completed their cycle and are now drifting underwater with the current. They remember wet ...

Modern fly tying has seen many creative ideas that allow tiers to create a fly that is nearly an exact replica of a bug. For fly fishers, the idea is to use a fly that mimics a bug by means of tying ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. NORWAY – Anglers wanting to learn about wet flies and how they work should ...

Classic wet-fly patterns are still favored by many anglers in the British Isles, where traditional "loch-style" fishing with "teams" of wet flies is still one of the best methods of taking fish on the ...