What do you picture when you think of fly fishing for trout? If your answer is casting a bug imitation that floats and then watching a fish rise to sip it off the surface, I’d say you fall in with the ...

, fast-shooting heads, fast-drying UV resin, and even pre-made wings, legs, and tails that let you whip up flies faster than ever. This might be why spun-hair bass bugs aren’t commonplace in fly boxes ...

In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

Last week, I received an email from a friend of mine who lives in southeastern Pennsylvania. Like many fly-fishermen this time of year, he had been busy tying flies for the upcoming season, and that ...