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July Fly of the Month: Duracel Soft Hackle
Craig McDonald's Duracell Nymph was an instant success the first time I took it for a spin several years ago. It was early July on North Central Washington's Methow River...
July Fly of the Month: Duracel Soft Hackle
Craig McDonald's Duracell Nymph was an instant success the first time I took it for a spin several years ago. It was early July on North Central Washington's Methow River...
Fly Fishing Report: July 2025
Happy summer everyone! While it feels like we've been grooving the summer scene for a few months now, the official solstice was scarcely more than a week ago. Rivers are...
Fly Fishing Report: July 2025
Happy summer everyone! While it feels like we've been grooving the summer scene for a few months now, the official solstice was scarcely more than a week ago. Rivers are...
June Fly of the Month: Ice Dub Bugger
The Woolly Bugger needs no introduction. It is perhaps the most widely fished streamer in existence and feared the world over by fish of many names. I've caught every species...
June Fly of the Month: Ice Dub Bugger
The Woolly Bugger needs no introduction. It is perhaps the most widely fished streamer in existence and feared the world over by fish of many names. I've caught every species...
Fly Fishing Report: June 2025
The dense grove of cedars provides a welcome canopy of shade on this sticky hot June afternoon and somewhere in the relative distance echo the faint corkscrewed notes of a...
Fly Fishing Report: June 2025
The dense grove of cedars provides a welcome canopy of shade on this sticky hot June afternoon and somewhere in the relative distance echo the faint corkscrewed notes of a...
May Fly of the Month: Zucchini Chironomid
Like so many of the top producing chironomid patterns out there the Zucchini hails from the hotbed of stillwater fly development in the trout lake mecca of interior British Columbia. ...
May Fly of the Month: Zucchini Chironomid
Like so many of the top producing chironomid patterns out there the Zucchini hails from the hotbed of stillwater fly development in the trout lake mecca of interior British Columbia. ...
Fly Fishing Report: May 2025
May is seldom the first month that comes to mind when we're asked for the shortlist of favorite seasons to fish. That being said, I don't think I give it...
Fly Fishing Report: May 2025
May is seldom the first month that comes to mind when we're asked for the shortlist of favorite seasons to fish. That being said, I don't think I give it...