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Ascent Pro-Form Manager David Arevalo teaching his girls to fish.The reasons that drive us to the river are as numerous and diverse as the anglers with whom we share the water. There is a primal connection and wild freedom in watching a trout rise to a dry fly, a rare peace in dropping into [...]

For those of you who have had the pleasure of fishing the salt flats, you know that it can be intoxicating! As I write these words from the deck of La Pescadora Fishing Lodge on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, I am being called by the ocean swells breaking 50 yards away and can’t wait for [...]

By Guest Author & Homewater Fly Fishing Owner - Adam Beede The colors of Fall have set in around much of Colorado! From the frosty chilly mornings to the gorgeous Aspen fields and the last bursts of warm days before mid-winter, Fall is upon us. During this time, those willing to gaze through the deep riffles [...]

Winter is coming, but don't worry, some of the best fishing action of the year is about to kick off!As the leaves begin to change each fall, a switch is flipped in the little fishy brains of the brown & brook trout, and landlocked Kokanee salmon across the US. It is spawning time, and [...]

In the original manuscript of JR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, a Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail is the coveted "Precious" and is the One Fly to Rule Them All!The dominance of the pheasant tail nymph in all of its many forms comes from three things:It can match more mayfly, stonefly, and damsel species than any [...]

Over a lifetime on the water, you are going to own a number of fly rods, but as your arsenal of rods grows, your first fly rod will always hold a special place in your heart! While decades have elapsed since I purchased my first fly rod, I remember keenly the anticipation and vast [...]

While there are no "Silver Bullet" fly patterns that will ALWAYS catch trout, the closest pattern to a sure-fire trout catcher when fishing rivers might just be the Juju Baetis and Beadhead Juju Baetis. Here are the top reasons that you need to give this fly pattern a try and why we expect it [...]

While all hatches are measurable and predictable, there is no hatch as punctual as the Fall's Trico Mayfly hatch. Over the years we've been able to collect enough data and build our invertebrate database to the point that we can layout a fly selection for the Trico hatch down to the half an hour of [...]

Like a high-stepping line of Las Vegas showgirls or the cast of Baywatch, the family of flies called Attractors rely more on flash and embellishment than attempting to represent any true invertebrate species. Making up roughly 20% of dry patterns and 30% of wet patterns, flies from this family are dressed in tinsel, copper, mirrored [...]