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Tiny Tactics: 5 Tricks for Catching More Winter Trout on Midges
For most of the year, I'm a big-fly guy. During the spring, I drift large rubber-legged nymphs beneath indicators and...
January Winter Steelhead: How to Read Water and Find Fish in Cold, High Flows
Winter steelhead aren’t everywhere. In January—cold water, short days, and frequent flow swings—steelhead stack...
Sight‑Fishing the Flats: How to Spot and Stalk Bonefish, Redfish, and Permit
Sight‑fishing on saltwater flats is hunting with a fly rod. Instead of blind casting, you read light, bottom...
Winter Nymphing 101
Dead-Drift Techniques for Cold-Water Trout There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over a trout stream in...
The Two-Rod Winter Fly Fishing System: All the Gear You Need for January
Winter fly fishing doesn't require a truck full of equipment. Two rods—one for swimming flies, one for suspending...
Balanced Flies Under Indicators: Stop Stripping and Embrace the Stillness
Crappie are prime winter targets for indicator rigs When water temperatures sink into the 35–50°F range, the...
How to Catch Fish After a Cold Front: A Winter Fly Fishing Guide
Cold fronts are infamous for shutting down fishing. But understanding what actually happens after a front passes—and...
Winter Nymphing 101: Dead-Drift Nymph Techniques for Cold Trout
Fly fishing the South Fork in winter | A.J. & Jennie Swentosky photo The river looks asleep in winter: shelf ice on...