When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...
From fly fishing tips to must-have flies to a hand-crafted German fly reel maker, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI this past week. Want to make ...
If you would rather fish dry flies than any other style of fishing there is to employ, you definitely live in the right place. One would argue, if you’re stubborn enough, you could fish a dry fly on ...
Fly fishing can be an intimidating approach to angling. After all, we are not really enticing fish to eat with a food source such as bait. Rather, we are mimicking a natural food source and doing what ...
Tying flies has long been one of my favorite winter activities. I derive much pleasure from crafting a supply of the many fly patterns needed to restock my fly boxes for the upcoming trout season.
A few days ago, the trout were rising to midges. I could go into the details of which river, water temperature, weather, and everything else that goes into a day of fly fishing, but for now it’s ...
Fly fishing is different enough from regular fishing to warrant its own category. It’s a level-up, and it adds a degree of difficulty in a variety of ways. Some people relish the challenge, while ...
I couldn’t, in good conscience, make the claim that Eastern fly fishermen are better at catching trout than Western fly anglers. When you really break it down, you can either present a nymph, dry, or ...
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