Catching a fly is a multi-step process and can require some patience, but once you know what to do, you'll be able to get one pretty easily. Here's what you need to do: Fish until you catch garbage (a ...

Fly patterns you should be tying up for your box right now! By Kyle Wilkinson Kyle in the outside Jan 13, 2026 0 2 min to read 1 of 4 ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). A piercing pattern is a two-day candlestick pattern that signals a potential ...

It’s rare that a single fly pattern can work every day and in every situation on a western trout stream, but I’d argue that Rim Chung’s RS2 Emerger comes pretty darn close. Rim’s personally tied RS2s ...

In 1993, to solve the challenge of helping other flies sink quickly while resembling an insect, John Barr of Boulder, Colorado, created the prototype of the Copper John. Until that point, wire was ...

It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the coming season: Akin to Charlie Craven’s Two-Bit Hooker, this Dream Cast pattern ...

A colorful fly pattern known as the Royal Coachman Bucktail was my Grandpa Harry’s secret weapon. This conclusion follows two decades of observing his catch on the South Fork of the Walla Walla River.

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

It’s a random morning in mid-August. You pour your first cup of coffee, glance at your phone and step outside to let the dog out. Then it hits you. The undeniable freshness that tells you autumn is ...