In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

A couple Central Pennsylvania sportsmen’s organizations have opened registration for the 2020 editions of their annual winter fly tying classes for beginners and advanced tier alike. Students will ...

What do you picture when you think of fly fishing for trout? If your answer is casting a bug imitation that floats and then watching a fish rise to sip it off the surface, I’d say you fall in with the ...

One of the challenges fly anglers face when fishing for trout is trying to learn exactly what the trout are feeding on, and trying to match that with their nearest fly imitation to achieve the ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

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 ...

I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however, times when fishing dry flies simply ...

Mayflies are small, short-lived (as adults) insects of the Order Ephemeroptera. As adults, most emerge from their nymph form, take flight, mate, lay eggs and die in just a day or two. The common name ...

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