Top 10 Trout Flies For The American West

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I HAD A CLIENT COME INTO THE STORE THE OTHER DAY ASKING ME TO SET HIM UP WITH THE BEST PATTERNS FOR FISHING THE WEST. He was planning on traveling around Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana this summer and his goal was to put together a...



Fly Fishing Fast Water Chutes for Trout

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There are multiple ways for anglers to fly fish fast water chutes, but most of the time, I find it most effective to wade to the sides of the chutes, and fly fish perpendicular to them. Doing so, it gives me better control of my...



Saturday Shoutout / Enter the Dragon

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Big still water trout feeding on dragonflies is every fly anglers dream. Soaring, midair eats, crushing rises and surface skimming super sips! What not to love about that. Check out the epic dragonfly action in Patagonia from our friends at Andes Drifters. If you’d like to experience...



Tight Quarters Trout Fishing

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(Watch our video that demonstrates this scenario) If you've been fly fishing for a while, you've probably become pretty proficient at dropping your dry flies in tight quarters to catch trout that are either tucked in under foliage or holding tight to an undercut bank. What...



4 Leaf Clovers and 20 Inch Trout

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TROPHY TROUT ARE MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK. The real estate crash of the mid 2000s was good for something. My buddy Dan and I were having a banner trout season in the very depths of the crash. Here in Georgia, the secret to finding big...