The Smallmouth Gotcha is pattern that I fish for both largemouth and smallmouth bass. It comes in whatever colors you like, but I fish it in brown/yellow, tan, and orange. Like with all of my smallmouth bass fly patterns, I use this one in specific situations. First...
Fishing damselfly patterns is one of the most fun ways to fly fish stillwaters. I personally love to fly fish damselflies shallow when I can cast in between pockets or channels of weeds. The fish explode on these little, methodical swimmers, but one thing is...
The majority of fly anglers do not study the origins of fly fishing or have any idea when “fly fishing” began. I, myself, didn’t really become at all interested in the earliest forms of fly fishing until I was crossing the backed-up waters of the...
Many hardcore river fly fishermen have often wanted nothing to do with lake fly fishing for trout. Belly boats with Woolly Buggers for dredging the deep recesses of slack water are the first ideas these dedicated anglers envision, and catching lots of fourteen to...