Fly Fishing Seneca Creek, WV
Don’t let one mistake ruin your day. Follow this advice for safe and fun fly fishing adventures.
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Fly Fishing the Ken Lockwood Gorge, NJ
Don’t let one mistake ruin your day. Follow this advice for safe and fun fly fishing adventures.
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Fishing and Tying Perdigons
Perdigons are Spanish nymphs, and their name loosely translate to mean “pellet,” like the pellets found in shotgun shells. Indeed, these slim, dense flies drop as quickly as lead balls through the water column, which contributes to their effectiveness on all water types, but especially high and fast water. Although they were originally developed by
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The Copper John Nymph
If you’re looking to up your fly fishing game, look no further than the Copper John Nymph—an essential addition to any tackle box. At Dark Skies, we’ve got the perfect fly to ensure you’re always prepared for whatever waters you’re fishing in. Purchase the Copper John Nymph Shop Now Why You Need the Copper John
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Fishing and Tying the Picket Pin: A Classic Fly for Trout and Panfish
I started tying flies about 30 years ago, but I still remember the first handful of patterns I learned to tie and fish. Maybe that’s more proof that I’m getting old – things that happened decades again are crystal clear in my memory, but I can’t quite recall what I had for breakfast this morning!
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Winter Fly Fishing Tactics for Trout
Winter fly fishing has changed since I was a teenager. Thirty years ago, when you fished during the winter months, you could expect to have streams all to yourself. Long sessions on the water might end without ever seeing another soul. These winter experiences were special and provided long hours of solitude and reflection, and
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Back to Basics: Indicator Nymphing
The fishing was slow and trout were skittish. I’d caught two rainbows but missed a handful of others, mainly because the bite was so subtle that they shook off before I even realized they were on the hook. I was very new to fly fishing and had only attempted nymphing a couple of times. I
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Fishing and Tying the Golden Retriever Streamer
My introduction to the Golden Retriever came in a fly shop in Rangeley, Maine, in early June. A few friends and I had planned a trip to the “land of legends” in hopes of experiencing brook trout fishing the way it should be. And, of course, every good trip starts with a stop by the
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Mastering the Mental Game of Fly Fishing
As Yogi Berra once said, “Baseball is ninety-percent mental. The other half is physical.” The same can be said of fly fishing. I’ve seen some excellent anglers have some really bad days on waters where they should have put up good numbers of trout. I’ve seen them struggle even as I was catching one after
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Review: High N Dry Fishing Products
Walk by the High N Dry Fishing Products booth at a fly fishing show and you’ll like see one of their staff attempting to waterlog a dry fly in a cylindrical tube more reminiscent of the stormy high seas than anything you’d ever encounter on the trout stream. Time and again, the fly gets sucked
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