I still remember the first time I saw someone tie on a dry fly with a nymph dropper hanging off the curve of the hook, and I thought my head was going to explode! I was struck by the brilliance of being able to cover and fish multiple layers of the water column simultaneously [...]
If you want to be a more successful angler on the fly, the fly rod and line need to become an extension of your arm. This may sound overly dramatic or implausible, but I assure you that it is possible with some changes to how you set up rig your line and flies, and [...]
There are times on the river when a little excess and doubling down can turn an average day on the water into one for the record book! Double dry fly rigs, double indicator rigs, and double beadhead nymphs can enable the fly fisher to go all-in on a hot hatch, detect the light strikes, [...]
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