Basic fly fishing instruction tells you to look for and fish the seams, where slow water and faster water come together. In the beginning, this isn't always as easy as it sounds to untrained eyes.

Five tips offered to Jackson Hole One Fly Tournament anglers by Jonathan Lancaster of South Fork Lodge are food for thought in many non-tournament fly fishing situation. 1. Consider using a larger ...

this spring and early summer calls for big bugs that land with a splat. Because the major emergences are infrequent, cicada patterns may not be on every angler’s annual checklist of must-have flies.

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 ...

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