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May Fly of the Month: Bluegill Gurgler

May Fly of the Month: Bluegill Gurgler

Spring and summer are exceptional times to grab your lightest rod, a floating line, beverage of choice and ramble on over to your favorite spiny ray lake for an afternoon...

May Fly of the Month: Bluegill Gurgler

Spring and summer are exceptional times to grab your lightest rod, a floating line, beverage of choice and ramble on over to your favorite spiny ray lake for an afternoon...

April Fly of the Month: Willy Whitefish

April Fly of the Month: Willy Whitefish

The Willy Whitefish began nearly a decade ago, the product of much fiddling and tinkering at the bench as I sought to come up with a faithful bull trout fly...

April Fly of the Month: Willy Whitefish

The Willy Whitefish began nearly a decade ago, the product of much fiddling and tinkering at the bench as I sought to come up with a faithful bull trout fly...

Fly Fishing Report: April 2016

Fly Fishing Report: April 2016

This past month certainly lived up to its reputation, coming in like a lion, gnashing perilous teeth, dumping blankets of rain and hurricane winds, effectively shredding many an opportunity to...

Fly Fishing Report: April 2016

This past month certainly lived up to its reputation, coming in like a lion, gnashing perilous teeth, dumping blankets of rain and hurricane winds, effectively shredding many an opportunity to...

March Fly of the Month: Bruce Freet Chironomids

March Fly of the Month: Bruce Freet Chironomids

March typically ushers in the first major chironomid hatches of the spring season and with them, scores of hungry trout awaken to scavenge the lake for an easy meal. Chironomids...

March Fly of the Month: Bruce Freet Chironomids

March typically ushers in the first major chironomid hatches of the spring season and with them, scores of hungry trout awaken to scavenge the lake for an easy meal. Chironomids...

Fly Fishing Report: March 2016

Fly Fishing Report: March 2016

Daffodils are popping up all around and adding a welcome touch of color to the brown and gray landscape. Spring can’t be too far around the corner. If you think...

Fly Fishing Report: March 2016

Daffodils are popping up all around and adding a welcome touch of color to the brown and gray landscape. Spring can’t be too far around the corner. If you think...

February Fly of the Month: Simple Sucka

February Fly of the Month: Simple Sucka

As a follow up to last month's time consuming yet incredibly shrimpy Prawn Solo pattern, I thought I'd share a very straight forward, efficient and very effective everyday steelhead pattern...

February Fly of the Month: Simple Sucka

As a follow up to last month's time consuming yet incredibly shrimpy Prawn Solo pattern, I thought I'd share a very straight forward, efficient and very effective everyday steelhead pattern...