Peacock herl catches fish, and the Zug Bug is mostly peacock herl. That iridescent green-bronze body does the heavy lifting – it reads as a caddis larva, a mayfly nymph, or a small dragonfly nymph ...

Moving from the beach to a boat during the fall run changes three things in your fly kit: the fly line, the tool that catches your loose line between casts, and how you carry your gear. The 9-weight ...

Fall bull redfish move onto Louisiana's clear, shallow marsh flats Oct–Feb. How to time a trip to the front cycle, where to ...

Tie deer-hair divers and sliders for fall bass: hair physics, GSP thread, hook and packing specs, weed-guard alignment, and ...

To choose a Skagit head for fall steelhead, match the head weight to the sinking tip you plan to fish and keep it inside your rod’s grain window, the range of head weights the rod is built to cast. A ...

Tie and fish the Partridge and Orange soft-hackle for fall trout: sparse hackle, orange silk bodies, sizing for October caddis and BWOs, plus the wet-fly swing.

Most days it shows up as a run of refusals. You’re getting drifts you’d swear are good over steadily rising fish, and nothing eats, and the reflex is to go smaller and lighter. Sometimes that’s right.

The Denver Board of Water Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to end the lawn watering season a month early, banning ...

To cast big musky and pike flies all day, use the Belgian cast, also called the oval cast: sweep the backcast low and off… To ...

One of the biggest mistakes anglers can make packing for an Alaska or BC fly-in is solving the wrong problem. They buy a six-piece travel rod so the tube will fit, then show up at the dock with a ...

The best wet wading setup for 2026 is a dedicated low-cut boot sized for a bare foot, a 2.5–3.5mm neoprene sock with an integrated gravel guard, and no aftermarket guard at all — total cost roughly ...