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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 ...

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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 ...

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The Eagle River transitions rapidly into the ideal fly-fishing river for both the floating angler and the wading fly fisher. The window usually closes quickly, but this season the floating has held ...

I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however, times when fishing dry flies simply ...

A few days ago, the trout were rising to midges. I could go into the details of which river, water temperature, weather, and everything else that goes into a day of fly fishing, but for now it’s ...

The parking lot across from the Cheesman Canyon Fishing Access Trailhead was close to full when I arrived on a breezeless bluebird morning. It wasn’t the cloudy, drizzly kind of day where you drop ...