Taking Time to Dissect the Pursuits of Anglers in the Top 10%
A guide who spends his off season fishing with competition anglers shares what he learned: a fly selection formula, an upstream skittering technique, and a leader built by halves.
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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...
Fly Fishing Insider Podcast Episodes
Amazon Fly Fishing and Preservation
Five trips into the Amazon, a marine biologist turned consultant describes seven sport species in one stretch of river, the gear that survives them, and the deforestation reshaping it all.
Alaska Fly Fishing Opportunities
A Bristol Bay guide walks through the Alaska season stage by stage: early streamers and mice, sockeye arriving in July, the egg drop, then flesh.
The Hinged Nymphing Technique
A yarn indicator, a tippet matched to water depth, and a cast that puts the fly in first: how hinged nymphing gives you real control over depth.
Streamer Fishing, Brooks, Lakers and Brown Trout, Plus The Comfort Zone
Why northern brook trout eat three-inch articulated streamers, how to find them by cold-water seeps, and how to fish alder tunnels where you cannot cast.
River Ecology and Coastal Rivers for Native Trout
An ecologist explains what large woody debris, riparian vegetation and snowpack actually tell you about where trout hold and when a river will fish.
Saltwater Fly Fishing in New Zealand and Ray Riding Fish
Guide Gian Boyseen, a marine biologist based in northeast New Zealand, breaks down saltwater fly fishing there and how to target kingfish and trevally.
Spring Creeks and Spot Fishing the Livingston Montana Area
Guide Jan Axtell fell for Livingston's spring creeks and moved to Montana to base his business there. Jan covers the water and how to fish it well.
Urban Fishing in Denver for Trout and Carp but Applicable in Any City
Stream gauges, sun angle, tailing fish and the drag and drop presentation - how to find and catch carp on a fly in any city, starting with Denver.
Keep Our Salmon Safe
How a voluntary farm certification protects Pacific salmon: seven watershed standards, a high-hazard chemistry list, and the tire compound killing coho.
Rod Building and Creative Arts Side of Fly Fishing
A working rod builder walks through the assembly order, the handle-mounting step that decides whether a rod performs, and the thread choices behind clean guide wraps.
Joe Humphreys's and Going from Trout to Multispecies
A Penn State-trained trout angler explains what transfers when you leave trout behind, and how he breaks a tail-out pool down from the bottom up.
Bull Trout, Alaska Guiding and the Mayfly Project
The founders of a foster-care fly fishing nonprofit break down what connection really means on a tight line rig, and why an oversized indicator hides most of your bites.
How to Fly Fish and Travel When it is Your Second Priority?
Two around-the-world trips with fishing as the secondary goal, and the DIY habits that came out of them - maps, fish markets, one rod, and a leader built from two...
Why do We Fly Fish?
An angler who came to fly fishing as an adult on why slowing the mind - not the hands - fixes wind knots, blown shots and spooked fish.
Small Mountain Streams Conservation
A Colorado guide on reading access before water, working upstream through logs and boulders, and the erosion problem that willow planting actually solves.
Sea Run Cutthroat, How They Run and Your Setup
Garrett Lesko breaks down Oregon sea-run cutthroat trout: migration timing, the decline of the fishery, and the rod, line and flies he fishes from a float tube.
East to West Coast Fly Fishing for Redfish in Florida
Redfish behave differently on Florida's east and west coasts. A guide with access to both explains educated fish, seasonal fly size, and how to feed a redfish that has seen...
Fly Fishing in West Virginia Remains the Hidden Gem
West Virginia holds miles of native brook trout water, a musky fishery the state grew into, and a sulfur hatch that turns flat pools into a jacuzzi. Plus fast-water landing...
The Various Locations and Their Species in Western Australia
Perth sits between two coasts. A Western Australia shop owner walks through carp on the metro flats, tuskfish and blue bastards up north, and the drives that separate them.