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There was a time in each of our fly fishing journeys that we were green anglers, uninitiated, uneducated, and stumbling down the riverbank. Whether the introduction to fly fishing was a recent event as you accompanied a friend to a local river or at the side of your mother as was my experience more [...]

Exhale.... You've done it. You've successfully escaped the office. You've tunneled under the suburb's privacy fences, and the incessant drone cell phones and email notifications are fading into the distance behind you. In front of you lies a day without obligation and a river full of potential with the promise of [...]

I'm not interested in simply filling your head with scientific bug names and entomology facts. While we took an in-depth look at the characteristics that will enable the fly fisher to identify stonefly nymphs and adults at a glance in last month's article, The Rise of the Stonefly, that information won't do you any [...]

A morning mist swirled over the surface of the water just as it had thousands of times before, but this morning was destined to be different than those that had proceeded it. Breaking through the dark surface of the water emerged two long antennas followed by a head that one would expect to see in prehistoric [...]

Excuse me! Hold on just a second. I couldn't help but notice you coming out of that fly shop with that plastic dish stuffed with flies, and that nice big glass of Kool-Aid. From the look of the red stains on the front of your Simms shirt and the glassy look in your [...]

As fly fishers, we all share the unifying dream of one day owning our own little piece of fly fishing heaven! A section of river where you don't need to compete for for water, and familiarity allows you to approach a pool knowing that you have a good chance of hooking that 24" brown [...]

Having covered the characteristics that define each stage of the midge life cycle in last month's article The Midge Master: Part 1 it's time to take that knowledge into your fly box! With almost 17,000 species of midge populating North America's waters, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of fly patterns sold by your [...]

We've all been there. You are on the water, fly rod in hand when the trout start to rise. You stop your next cast short and just watch for a while, hoping to catch a glimpse of what the trout are feeding on. You squint at the water, adjust your sunglasses, and [...]

First introduced to me by a fishing buddy and a transplant from the land of Dixie, the "Slow & Low" is made from a good rye whiskey seeped in orange peel and honey. Taking a nip off your flask when on the water in the winter helps to get the blood flowing in numb [...]