Sink Tip or Mono? Choosing a Streamer System for Your River
Sink tip or tight-line rig for streamers? A verdict table by river size, depth and boat vs wade, plus the real sink rates behind each line class.
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Alaska Will Change Forever: Go Now
Alaska, a land renowned for its wild, untouched landscapes and abundant wildlife, offers some of the most spectacular fly fishing experiences in the world. But with increasing popularity and looming...
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Two-Streamer Rigs: How to Fish a Big-and-Small Streamer Combo
Two streamers on one leader move more fish than one. Here is how I rig the lead fly and trailer, the pause that gets the eat, and the regs to...
Big Streamers for Big Browns: How to Size Your Fly to the Forage
Big browns eat smaller prey than you think. Here's how to size streamers for trophy brown trout, when a big meat fly pays off, and when to go smaller.
Fall Browns Are Moving, and That Changes How You Let Them Go
In fall, most browns you move on a streamer are traveling between redds, not sitting on them. Avoiding redds is the floor. How fast you get the fish back is...
Fly Fishing Louisiana Redfish: The Biloxi Marsh and Your First Saltwater Trip
Louisiana redfish on the fly: why it is the best first saltwater trip, the 2024 slot-limit change, real guide rates and when the bull reds push.
When to Go Fly Fishing in Alaska: The Season, Month by Month
The six weeks everyone fights over aren't always the six weeks you want. How Alaska's season actually runs, from June streamers to October flesh.
Fall in the Tetons: The Meadows Nobody Photographs
A fall trip into a Teton wilderness meadow most visitors never walk to, chasing cutthroat in low, clear October water.
Swinging Streamers with a Two-Hander: Fall Brown Trout Tactics from Twin Bridges, Montana
John Rael of Bauer Reels and Winston breaks down why fall browns stage like steelhead, and how a two-hander and a jig strip turn that into eats.
How to Fish a Blue Winged Olive (BWO) Pattern
Blue Winged Olives show up when nothing else will, usually on the ugliest days of the year. How to match the stage, drift it clean, and fish the spinner fall.
Identifying the Blue Winged Olive (BWO) Fly and Hatch
Blue Winged Olives are small olive mayflies that come off on cold, grey, drizzly days when nothing else will. How to identify one and read the subtle sip that gives...