The Purple Haze is a popular fly, though it’s most common variety is its parachute form. Instead of slurping down fully formed adults, trout often target the emerging insects, especially when the air temperature starts to drop. For the November…
This article first appeared as a guest post on the Massachusetts Tourism blog, massvacation.com. There are many things the state of Massachusetts is known for and good fishing is one of them. Still, knowing that there can be some good fishing nearby and actually…
It can be tough getting a gift for a fly angler. So tough in fact that I’ve already written a whole article on the topic to make it easier for everyone involved. (Read: “How To Make Every Angler Happy This…
Listen, I get it, it’s really hard to understand this complicated, nuanced world of fly fishing from an outsider’s perspective. To paraphrase my main man John Gierach, we all look like we’re just standing in a river waving a stick. The…
Written by guest blogger: Stephanie Winter (@stephanierwinter) If you’re fishing in a river and you’re not catching fish or even getting a nibble, you start thinking, “Are there even any fish in this goddamn river?” or “Maybe they’re not feeding right…
This post was written by guest blogger Andrew Loffredo: Popularized by the European competition fishing circuit, euro nymphing increases strike detection, and the number you fish you will catch! For of those of you of have high-sticked nymphed with an indicator…
Feel that? The icy fingers of death slowly tightening around your happiness? That’s what they call Winter. Sure some say screw it and spend these cold, dark months inside, hopefully at least tying flies, but others still get out on the water…
The colder weather is fast approaching, maybe even already here for some parts of the country, so that mean fly tying season is nearly upon us. We’ve asked around and if you’re looking to improve your skills at the vise…
Back in September we heard about the Ladies Musky Meetup and decided that we wanted to get behind it. Getting more women into fly fishing and chasing down the meanest dinosaur in all of fly fishing? Let’s get some more of that.…
Musky the fish of a thousands casts. Also known as a vicious, toothy, kitten eaten demon fish that rises from the depths. When given the opportunity to chase these guys down in Roanoke, VA with 5 other fly girls how…