Colorado Parks and Wildlife lifted voluntary fishing closures on parts of the Colorado, Fraser and White rivers, effective immediately as of Sept. 19, citing cooler water temperatures across the ...

North Carolina’s attorney general filed notice on September 16 that the state will appeal a judge’s landmark ruling on coastal fisheries, and the same day, a coalition representing 19 coastal counties ...

Two Summertime Idaho fly fishing guides, Joseph Evans and Dalton Peaslee bailed in the middle of their guide season and lived out of their truck for two weeks chasing summer steelhead. Swinging ...

Charlie ties a stonefly/caddis attractor pattern he has coined the “Government Cheese”. It’s stealthy, buoyant, and with an unassuming profile, does the job of a stimulator even on pressured water. If ...

Two specs do most of the work: length and line weight. The 11’/11’6″ length is the practical upper limit for an overhead-castable two-hander, and the practical lower limit for clean two-handed Spey ...

The single biggest mistake first-time Hex anglers make has nothing to do with their fly box. It is that they spend the night casting at sounds instead of rises — placing perfectly competent ...

As spring gives way to summer, fly anglers everywhere begin watching river gauges, tracking hatches, and finding any excuse possible to get on the water. From chasing trout during evening caddis ...

Promoters of the venerable Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival, which celebrated its 25 th anniversary in 2026, are proud to announce the launch of the Tennessee Fly Fishing & Whiskey Festival. This ...

The most effective steelhead hook set on a swung fly is a low, downstream strip or sweep — not an overhead rod lift. Lifting creates slack at the hook point by loading the rod before force reaches the ...

Fighting fish in current demands low, lateral rod pressure, disciplined line management, and lighter drag settings than most anglers expect — because tidal flow adds 10–35 pounds of hydrodynamic drag ...

The Frenchie fly is one of the most effective nymph patterns in modern fly fishing—but what does it actually imitate, and why does it work so well? In this video, we break down the Frenchie nymph from ...

Learn how to perfect the double haul with fly-fishing legend Lefty Kreh.