The Suspended Animation Technique: Mastering the Art of Fishing Suspended Fish
Those marks suspended over open water are fish, and most anglers never reach them. How to find their depth and put a fly right in it.
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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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The Insect Factory Approach: Finding and Fishing Bug Production Zones
Most of a lake's insects are born in a small fraction of its water. Find those shallow production zones and you've found the feeding fish.
The Ambush Predator System: Fish Like You're Hunting Bass in Structure
Big lake trout hunt structure the way bass do. Borrowing bass tactics — precise casts, aggressive retrieves — to target them where they ambush.
Sight Fishing Cruisers: The Stillwater Stalking Game
Watching a fish, timing the cast and seeing the take — stillwater sight fishing turns lake fishing into a hunt.
Damselfly Nymph Fishing: Master the Swimming Retrieve for Stillwater Giants
Damsel nymphs swim, and trout hammer them. How to time the summer migration and fish the retrieve that triggers the biggest lake fish.
The Thermal Highway Method: Finding Fish Superhighways in Stillwater
Fish move along predictable thermal routes in a stratified lake. How to find those lanes and fish them instead of guessing at open water.
Carp Fly Fishing in Utah: Where, When and How
Utah Lake, the Jordan River and beyond: Christian's home-water guide to finding carp on the fly in Utah, with the seasons, DWR rules and algae safety checks that matter.
Grass Carp vs. Common Carp on the Fly: How to Tell Them Apart and Catch Both
No whiskers, different menu, different fly. Christian breaks down how grass carp and common carp differ, how to fish each on the fly and why the rules vary so much...
Backpacking for Trout: A Beginner's Fly Fishing Kit and Bear-Country Basics
A trip into the Uintas with a first-time fly angler: the beginner backpacking kit that works, and the bear-country rules worth knowing before you hike in.
Night Shift: After-Dark Trophy Tactics for Stillwater Giants
The biggest trout in a lake often feed after dark. What changes at night, how to rig for it safely, and where the giants move to hunt.
Chironomid Fishing Mastery: The Static Method for Stillwater Success
Chironomids make up most of a stillwater trout's diet. The static method — precise depth, no movement — and why it out-fishes everything else.
Stillwater Strategies: Lakes and Ponds Unlocked
A lake gives you none of the clues a river does. How to break stillwater down into depth, structure and food, and start fishing it with a plan.
9 Best Fly Fishing Nets for Every Kind of Water
Nine landing nets matched to the water you fish, from the Rising Brookie on a small creek to a long-handled boat net and a packable travel net.
Bass Are a Better First Fish Than Trout
Trout are what we love. Bass are what says yes. Why the local pond beats the blue-ribbon river for a kid's first real season of fishing.
The Strawberry Pinnacles, Utah: A Complete Fly Fishing Guide
The Strawberry Pinnacles sit on the Strawberry River about 12 miles below Soldier Creek Dam, which holds back Strawberry Reservoir, a Utah Blue Ribbon stillwater for Bear Lake cutthroat, rainbows...
Boulder Mountain Lakes, Utah: A Complete Fly Fishing Guide
Boulder Mountain is the forested top of Utah's Aquarius Plateau above Torrey, Teasdale and Boulder, with more than 80 lakes, ponds and reservoirs holding brook trout, tiger trout, splake, cutthroat...
Imitate or Provoke: Choosing a Stillwater Fly When the Fish Won't Match
Lake trout eat for more than one reason, and only one of them is hunger for the thing you're imitating.
Indicator, Long Leader, or Straight Down: Three Ways to Present a Lake Fly
Once the fly is at the right depth, you still have to decide what it's doing down there. Three deliveries, three depth ranges.
Depth Is the First Decision: Finding and Holding the Right Level on a Lake
A river hands you the presentation for free. A lake makes you build it, starting with a depth you can actually reproduce.
Chasing Winter Water: Pyramid Lake and the Case for Fishing Cold
Why we chase Pyramid Lake's giant Lahontan cutthroat in January instead of putting the rods away for winter.