Over the course of the last few weeks, I started getting a bit bored with nymphs and dry flies. Don’t get me wrong. I love fly fishing in all forms. Catching a fish is ultimately what the end game is in all of this. Nymphs are probably the most effective way to catch trout
Category: Flies and fly tying
Five Favorite Fall Flies
I’m not a seasonal fly fisherman by any means. I’m far too obsessive a person about the things in life that I’m passionate about. Indeed, you will see me on the rivers whether we’re experiencing sweltering hot weather or below freezing temps. One of my favorite aspects about fly fishing is that it’s an
Soft Hackles: Getting Into the Swing of Things
Please welcome our newest team member: Joel Watson! He is an angler, musician, and the fly-fishing pro at Cabela’s in Hudson, MA (bio here). Here is his first post. You can follow Joel here on Instagram. We’ve all had those days on the river (especially those of us who frequent the Swift) where no matter
Rich Strolis’s ‘Shucked-up Emerger’
There’s no shortage of fly pattern tutorial videos these days. Many of them are an impressive display of the fly tyer’s art, but one has to wonder if some of them actually catch fish. I get on a creative streak from time to time, whipping up experimental patterns that look great but most of them