About four feet of Mason leader material was looped around Andy’s bent knee. He kept fiddling with the Mason and frowning at the book he’d propped open on the table beside his . . .
Read MoreWhen you’re casting larger flies with long tails (like Zonkers), it’s not uncommon for the tail to become wrapped around the hook bend. Even expert anglers occasionally suffer from fouled flies. Having to constantly readjust your fly is not only frustrating, . . .
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Like the two species to which is it closely related—Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)—the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) is a true char that is found . . .
Read MoreLast Wednesday, the Biden administration announced a plan to spend $1.1 billion to restore the Everglades. According the White House, “The Administration is making the largest single investment in the Everglades in U.S. history . . . . The iconic . . .
Read MoreWelcome to another installment of “Ask a Fly-Fishing Instructor,” in which we answer readers’ questions about their biggest fly-casting problems. Reader Larry asked for help with this: . . .
Read MoreWade Truong of Elevated Wild joins Reid for an hour discussing food. Wade and his partner, Rachel Owen, built Elevated Wild as a platform to discuss hunting, fishing, foraging, mentorship, and game cooking. Wade, a Virginia native, describes his . . .
Read MoreThis week’s fly is the Great Blue Heron Soft-Hackle Streamer, which is based on the famous Gartside Soft-Hackle Streamer, although Tim’s tube version is considerably more sparse. The tying process is fairly straightforward, involving quite a . . .
Read MoreThis great how-to video from Ben Sittig, a.k.a Huge Fly Fisherman, is all about a couple of controversial topics: 1. Is it necessary to match the hatch? and 2. Which is more important, pattern or presentation? If you’ve watch enough HFF videos, you know . . .
Read Morehe classic way to fish streamers–a down-and-across cast, followed by stripping the fly back–works fine in some situations. But there are times when you need to fish these patterns slow and deep, which requires specialized tactics. George Daniel . . .
Read MoreWith thoughts of big city problems in the rearview mirror and Darcy tapping on the steering wheel to some Waylon Jennings, I rolled down the window and inhaled a deep breath of clean mountain air. I glanced into the back . . .
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