When Your Other Kid Is Out-Fishing Them
One kid is hooked up and the other is sitting on a rock. Here's how to fix a sibling skunking before it ends the day — without asking anyone to...
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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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Their First Mountain Stream
Moving water is the first genuinely intimidating thing you'll ask a kid to do. How to build the nerve for it without pretending there's nothing to be nervous about.
Tossing Trash in the River vs. Putting Your Feet on Grandma’s Furniture
Ever thought about tossing your empty snack wrappers into the river while fly fishing? That's about as well received as planting your muddy boots on your grandmother's antique coffee table....
Tamiami Trail, Florida: A Complete Exotic Species Fly Fishing Guide
Ninety miles of roadside canal holding peacock bass, Mayan cichlids, oscars, gar and snook. Florida's most diverse on-foot fishery, and how to fish it.
Green River Fontenelle and the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge: A Complete Fly Fishing Guide
Thirty-seven miles of Wyoming tailwater below Fontenelle Dam holding thousands of fish per mile, running through a wildlife refuge most anglers drive past.
Logan River, Utah: A Complete Fly Fishing Guide
The Logan is a true freestone — pocket water, riffles and seams from Third Dam to the Idaho line. Where to access it, when to go, and what lives there.
Identifying a March Brown Hatch
The March Brown opens the dry fly season. Why the sparse trickle works in your favour, the two different insects sharing the name, and how to fish cold spring afternoons.
Identifying a Green Drake Hatch
The Green Drake is the hatch anglers plan their year around. Why big trout change their behaviour for it, when it peaks, and how to follow it up the valley.
Identifying a Hendrickson Hatch
The Hendrickson reopens the eastern season. The 50-degree rule that tells you when it starts, the Red Quill confusion, and why afternoons beat mornings.
Identifying a Trico Hatch and Spinner Fall
Tricos hatch overnight and fall spent by mid-morning. Reading the clock, why size 22 on 6X matters, and how to fish the spinner fall that makes the whole event.
Fishing Terrestrials: Hoppers, Ants, Beetles and Crickets
Terrestrials do not hatch, they fall in. How wind, bank grass and time of day decide where trout eat hoppers, ants and beetles through the hottest part of summer.
Identifying a Salmonfly and Golden Stone Hatch
Stoneflies hatch on land, not on the water. Why that single fact means fishing the banks, when the salmonfly peaks river by river, and how to fish golden stones.
Identifying a Pale Morning Dun (PMD) Hatch
Pale Morning Duns are the defining hatch of a western summer. How to identify them, when they emerge by region, and why trout eat the emerger instead of your dun.
The Day You Stop Holding the Rod
There's a moment where you have to stop steering your kid's cast and let it be theirs. Here's how to know when it's coming and how to hand it over.
Lodge, Fly-Out, or Road System: How to Pick Your Alaska Trip
The first decision about an Alaska trip isn't a river — it's whether you're buying a week or a day, and whether your party cares about fish at all.
What You'll Actually Catch Fly Fishing in Alaska
Everyone books Alaska for the salmon. Here's what's actually swimming in front of you — trophy rainbows that eat streamers, plus Dolly Varden, grayling and pike.
Let Them Chase the Snake
The day your kid stops fishing and starts flipping rocks isn't a failed trip. Here's what the research says about why that hour outside still counts — and how to...
Fly Fishing the White River in Summer: Flows, Hatches, and a Casting Fix
Guide Steve Dalley breaks down reading Bull Shoals Dam flows on the White River, the summer hatch progression, and a simple casting stance fix.
Munich to the Alps: A European Fly Fishing Road Trip for Marble Trout and Huchen
Why Munich is the ideal home base for a European fly fishing trip, plus licensing basics and techniques for marble trout and huchen.
Tailwater Tactics: How to Fool Picky Trout with Small Flies and Precise Nymphing
Guide Pat Dorsey shares tailwater tactics: fish small flies, target feeding riffle fish, dial in your nymph depth, and go light with 6X tippet.