Need a quick refresh on what to do, and what to avoid doing, while fly fishing? We’ve got you covered. Do check your leader and tippet for wind knots. If you find one, take the extra minute or two to…
5 Pro Tips to Prep for the Spring Season
When the rivers are iced over and the snow is flying, it’s a great time to plan and get your gear ready for spring. Gear can get scattered and disorganized throughout the season, but winter is a great time to…
5 Reasons to Start Fly Fishing
You’ve thought about it long enough…here are you 5 reasons to start fly fishing TODAY! It’s an opportunity to challenge yourself Fly fishing takes some patience and practice. From learning new knots to reading the water to honing your casting…
Chasing Fall Trout
If you’ve ever spent a night binging fly fishing videos on YouTube, you probably came across at least a couple with people on bikes chasing fish. And if you didn’t, well, just know: it’s totally a thing. Every fall, we…
Fly Tying for Beginners
The thought of fly tying may initially seem daunting, but in reality, it doesn’t necessarily need to be as complicated and detailed as the impressive stuff you can see in the pages of Fly Tyer magazine. Tying your own flies…
Will Travel for Fish: Redfish Redemption Run
I always thought of myself as a low-key, but dedicated angler. You know, the weekend warrior, chase-them-after-work type that just happens to bring their fly rod on every business trip just in case their able to escape to a nearby…
Our Journey Continues
8 years ago, Postfly was born in my Boston apartment from the frustration of being new to fly fishing with nowhere to go for help. I didn’t have a local fly shop and what existed online back then was terrible –…
Bass on the Fly
As a primarily freshwater fly angler, it’s sometimes difficult to think beyond trout. After all, it may have been John Geirach who referred to them as the “most noble fish”…or maybe not Geirach, but that’s okay… What matters is that…
Weekend Chase: Big ‘Bows
Weekends are for the chase, when it comes to our lives (me and my husband), anyway. We work hard with full-time jobs and side hustles, we parent hard with two kiddos to raise, we dog hard with three dogs to…
A Chronicle of Glass
Once I became hooked on flyfishing, it wasn’t long before I was attempting to amass a collection of rods that spanned all weights I thought I’d need for both trout and bass fishing. While perusing a flea market, I came…