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Best Fly Fishing Gifts (2022)

November 23, 2022January 1, 2023 Jo Tango

I hope everyone has great Thanksgiving plans! This is our annual holiday gift guide. The blog team has pulled together items that we think have been particularly awesome. Some are old items, but most are new to our list. Feel free to forward to friends and family! As you know, we donate 100% of our

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Articles and books,Flies and fly tying,Gear reviews,Gift ideas,Good causes2 Comments

Sparkle Caddis Emerger: A New (Old) Standby

November 21, 2022 Spencer Belson

The Sparkle Caddis Emerger is far from a new fly. Developed around 1974 by Gary Lafontaine, it’s a pattern that has been fished successfully in hundreds of waters around the world. Yet despite its effectiveness, it is often ignored in favor of “sexier” bugs. For years, a couple of gaudy Sparkle Caddis Emergers sat dormant

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Flies and fly tying,Swift River5 Comments

Lesser-Known Flies Series: The Booby Fly

July 27, 2022 David Hyde

If there was one fly I could take with me for a panfish or freshwater bass outing, it would be the Booby Fly. I have never fished this fly for trout, but it does have a reputation as a stillwater trout fly as well. This fly is similar to the Mop Fly in that it

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Bass,Flies and fly tying,How to start3 Comments

Three by Three

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Jo Tango

It’s not much, but I fished Sunday and saw three species (‘bows, brookies, and browns) on three techniques (dries, tightlining, and swinging wets): a “3 x 3″ type of day. The fish of the day taped at 18” and took a David Hughes March Brown Flymph (recipe here) on a very slow swing at a

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