by JUSTIN HANSON
Nymph flies are without a doubt the most productive flies for catching numbers of trout. Because of this, there are thousands of nymph fly patterns available to you. On top of this, fly anglers have shown success using only one nymph pattern, like Jim Teeny with his...
by JUSTIN HANSON
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of options to choose from with our fly fishing leaders and tippets. No matter which tippet or leader you choose, it will affect your fly fishing dramatically. Each leader or tippet offers you ways to really improve your fly...
by JUSTIN HANSON
Fly fishing knots don’t really vary from other fishing knots. What we call “fly fishing” knots are knots applied to fly fishing gear and fishing scenarios. If you’re just getting into fly fishing or you are looking for a few tips on some different knots, here are the...
![FLY FISHING WITH CHIRONOMIDS PART 1 WITH PHIL ROWLEY [PODCAST]](https://toflyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fly_fishing_chironomids_1.jpg?x81631)
by JUSTIN HANSON
Fly fishing with chironomids is one of the most effective techniques for stillwater fly fishing. This type of fly fishing often doesn’t evoke images of high testosterone hundred-yard casts and ripping giant seven-inch streamers into the mouth of a toothy brown trout....
![STILLWATER FLY FISHING AND SINKING LINES & PHIL ROWLEY [PODCAST]](https://toflyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TROPHY_STILLWATER_TROUT-1080x675.jpg?x81631)
by JUSTIN HANSON
The first time a fish took me to my backing was when I was stillwater fly fishing. I quickly learned that the biggest fish I could go after were going to have some sort of connection to water that wasn’t moving all of the time. If you look at salmon or steelhead and...
![THE ESSENTIAL HOLLOW FLEYE PATTERN [VIDEO]](https://toflyfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/HOLLOW_FLEYES.jpg?x81631)
by JUSTIN HANSON
The genius that is Bob Popovics has created some of the most game-changing fly patterns and techniques in modern fly fishing. His laboratory is the coastal striper water of the North-East, but his patterns have shaped the way we tie and the way we fish for species the...
