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Tip – fishing wet flies
Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis walks us through the best ways to fish wet flies. That can include nymphs and other flies that are swung or dead drifted. Watch this video for some great tips on how to improve this effective method of fly fishing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYyzOUNrVg&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=1
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Tip – how to fish nymphs
As the weather cools and bug hatches decrease, it’s time to switch to fishing more nymphs. As that is a trout’s primary diet, learning how to fish them most effectively is certain to boost your success rate. Watch this video to learn more about the flies and gear as well as tips and techniques. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIQJXo3VULs&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=80
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Tip – fishing dry dropper rigs
It’s that time of year when dries are about to be productive methods for fishing, but nymphs are still the main fare for trout. With a dry-dropper rig you get the best of both worlds. Watch as Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis explains the benefits of this rig and how to set it up and fish…
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The Woolly Bugger … more than just a streamer
The good, old Woolly Bugger is likely the first fly those new to fly tying craft at the vise, and I don’t know any anglers who don’t have ‘Buggers in their fly boxes. In fact, I know anglers who have entire boxes dedicated solely to the tried-and-true streamer. But the Woolly Bugger is so much…
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Tying the Sweet Pea
This time of year, I really love to fish double-nymph rigs, using a heavier bug as the lead fly and trailing behind it a smaller fly, but maybe something a little more impressionistic than what I might expect to see in the river. For instance, with lower flows here on the South Fork of the…
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Add movement to mimic subsurface insects
Learn about the bugs we mimic when we fish, and work to match not only how they look, but how they move
By Jim Strogen We all know the value of matching the hatch, but often that thinking seems more focused on dry fly fishing. I prefer to fish under the surface. I know that the “bugs” are in front of the fish in their aquatic stages much longer, sometimes a year or more, than during their…
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Think it’s going to be a great day? Think again.
There is a risk to presuming that the first few minutes of a fishing outing will portend how the entire day will unfold. How often do we struggle early, and then rally? How often do we dominate early and then fade? But we often can’t help ourselves, which is part of why I got a…
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