High Water: What to Tie On After Rain or a Release
Rising, colouring water sends most anglers home. It is some of the best fishing of the year if you change where you fish and…
The journal
Category: Fishing Notes
Notes on rigging, reading water and fishing the patterns we tie.
The Dry-Dropper Rig: One Setup That Covers the Whole River
A buoyant dry fly with a nymph hung underneath fishes two depths at once and needs no indicator. Here is how to build one…
Fishing Notes
How to fish a Copper John on tailwater
The Copper John is an attractor and an anchor. Here is how to rig it, what size to drop to on clear tailwater, and…
Fishing Notes
Why small flies win on tailwaters
Cold, clear, stable water grows small insects and gives trout a long look. Change size before you change pattern.
Fishing the Blue-Winged Olive Hatch
Blue-winged olives hatch on the worst-looking days of the year, and trout eat them harder than almost anything else. Here is how to read…