As we rediscover how fly fishing can help us deal with more important issues, we rediscover simple waters, tactics, and flies. Maybe we...

The Next Step for New Anglers As novice fly anglers we carry boxes full of enthusiasm and positive thoughts. As we begin to develop, we...

“I’d go fishing, but…” While there are many real and even important tasks that interrupt our fishing, there is also a list (sadly long...

The tug is the drug, and I go to the water every time I can to get my fix. But that isn’t as much as I would like. Plus fishing isn’t all...

Fishing, travel, fishing, love, fishing, adventure, fishing, fighting bad guys, and fishing; 97 Miles South, by Captain Phil Thompson has...

In our effort to celebrate and review the best fly fishing writing, we present this excerpt from The River Why, by James David Duncan....

Underwater, mayfly nymphs who no longer crawl along the bottom but cannot yet fly, struggle to immerge from the shell of their immature...

As fly anglers, many paths intersect ours. Other people from other times and places impacted the environments we love, and influence our...

Exploring the Life of Angling On January 11, Hunter Towery and I were invited to set up our event booth for the second annual Outfitters...

Watching is Key Recently, as I coached a client to think about her next fly cast, I directed her with the words of my long ago driving...

Customizing the Universal Fly It can float for days, it can sink several ways, it catches big fish and small, The woolly bugger can do it...

Originally Published in Coastal Angler Magazine, 2018 Imagine your Christmas feast; although they are small and delicate, the candle...

Christmas Gift Ideas Christmas is coming again, and it brings our tradition of gift giving. As outdoor enthusiast who wish to promote...

Because of the aggressive strikes it provokes, the Sneaky Pete ranks as one of my favorite flies. I can’t start a day on a warm body of...

Let’s Get Moving You are ready to add distance to your fly cast once you can easily pick up and lay down thirty feet of fly line and...

What Can be Done It is a sad fact of the angling life that any number of events might keep you from fishing. In September, lightning...

As if I were up to my knees in the celebratory nature of this new book, my enthusiasm for fly fishing flowed as I opened my fresh copy of...

Two points of the Fly Cast As the fishing buddies walked out of the Coffee, Bait -n- Beer convenience store, Charles held his coffee out...

A Different Thought “It’s in the wrist.” “Just like answering a phone.” “Hammer a nail.” And so on and so forth. As a new fly angler, you...

In our angling lives we’ve taken joy in the glories of pure, untouched waters. We love getting away from civilization to one degree or...