Author name: Ralph Scherder

  Dark Skies Fly Fishing now has a YouTube channel! Every week, we explore new waters and new species throughout this region as well as instructional fly tying videos. Hope you’ll check it out, like and subscribe to our channel! Here are a few of our recent productions: https://youtu.be/WK8QTi5gvvg?si=_yj6j4d43EucygRVhttps://youtu.be/UcFaqUv4I2g?si=MC9uusRLP78BvBaShttps://youtu.be/9E6bkTCdGmA?si=ev0AA-gEOA20onPi Did You Enjoy Watching Our Videos? […]

  It would be nice if every day was a banner day. It would be nice if every car ride home after fishing was a windows down, radio up kind of ride, driving with a smile on your face as you called to mind every trout brought to hand. But this is fishing, and not

Three fly fishing legends: George Harvey (middle) with Ed Shenk (left) and Joe Humphreys (right). Photo used courtesy of Bill Skilton and the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum George Harvey was born in 1911 in DuBois, PA. Often referred to as the “Dean of Fly Fishing,” Harvey’s ideas were innovative and groundbreaking back in the time

Many times over the years, I’ve talked with people who said they’d fish new waters but they don’t know where to start or even how to find new places to fish. They’ve read great things about a particular stream or river but have no clue about access, stream conditions, what fly hatches might be there,

  Fish often enough, and every now and then something amazing happens! In early July, following several days of thunderstorms and cooler weather, I was able to get on the stream and chase some big wild brown trout. I ended up landing my personal best wild brown, and I was fortunate enough to get it