Every fly fishing angler loves to fish topwater, whether it be poppers or dry flies. Some anglers will fish topwater at any cost, even if that means they’ll get few fish on a given day. Others know that you can be really successful almost always fishing below the...
The great Florida bonefish angler, Tim Mahaffey, tells the story of how Tim Borski (the artist and fabulous fly tyer) looked at the paltry variety of patterns found in his fly box. Borski, with his fabulously tied assortment of flies, was a bit surprised, if not...
During the winter and early spring, midge are a huge food source for, particularly in tailwaters. The midge has a complete metamorphosis, which means that it has a larval and a pupal form. When there is an active hatch, the pupa is more often than not what the fish...
The huge expanses of water found when fly fishing lakes used to really intimidate me. I had become pretty good on rivers and streams, since they were much easier to read. All I saw with lakes and reservoirs was miles of flat water. Although I’ve learned how to put...
Buzzers or chironomids are the stuff of stillwater fishing throughout the open-water period but particularly in the spring and early summer. These insects are usually large (#16 – #10), and the trout just gorge on them. Contrast these with the “midge” from...
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