As the story goes, fly-angling aristocrats actually banned the use of this colorful wet fly on the fabled chalk streams. Because the fly impersonated a baitfish instead of an insect, the hoi polloi of ...

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 ...

Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

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Two Central Oregon businesses earned spots on USA Today’s 2026 10Best Readers’ Choice list of the best fly fishing guides in ...

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Do fly rod grips make a BIG difference in your casting? No, but the little difference it does make can equal that extra few feet that puts you in the fishes strike zone. I'm guilty of overlooking my ...

Fly fishing experts share techniques for catching trout, bass, and crappie in Pennsylvania, including Euro nymphing and ...