A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

ROCK CREEK - Effortlessly, with a flick of his 111/2-foot rod, Bill Gray roll casts 40 feet of line over a deep, swift run. Another flick of the long, limber rod mends the line, swimming the brace of ...

I don’t know if you’d consider it a clinical condition or not, but I have a long-standing predisposition for old, soft hackle wet flies and Catskill-style dry flies. The logical result, no doubt, of ...

To help pass a few long winter evenings in the past couple of months, I read once again several classic fly-fishing books that had greatly influenced me during my early years. Absorbing the familiar ...

It’s that time of the year when wet fly fishing for trout is at itsbest. Somehow it’s in between the earlier season of trout fishing with small streamers, nymphs and muddlers and the dry fly fishing ...

I don’t know about you but once I’ve wished everyone a Happy New Year, I’ve pretty much had my fill of winter. I suspect I’m not alone in that regard. And while others might be turning their thoughts ...

If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...

Classic wet-fly patterns are still favored by many anglers in the British Isles, where traditional "loch-style" fishing with "teams" of wet flies is still one of the best methods of taking fish on the ...