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  • Fishing Fly tying

    Fly tying: The GFA Hopper

    For me and other dry-fly enthusiasts (and that's putting it mildly, at least in my opinion), this month is the month. It's "hopper time." Here in Idaho, our backcountry streams are in great shape–runoff is well past done, night-time temperatures are a bit chilly, whcih serves to keep our high-country streams cold. The warm summer…

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: Fly selection for lakes

    Choosing the right fly for lakes might seem confounding, but here are a couple of rules to stick to—consider these the "foundation" for choosing flies for stillwater reservoirs, lakes and ponds: 1) Most coldwater lakes that have trout also have small aquatic insects called chironomids. These bugs slowly work their way to the surface, and…

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    Fly tying: The Bluegill Belly Bean

    Here in the West, we're officially in the Dog Days — it's hot. As Niel Simon wrote in Biloxi Blues, "Man, it's hot. It's like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot." OK, maybe I'm being a little dramatic. But, when it gets this hot, it stresses our lower-elevation trout strea ms—water temperatures…

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    New gear: TroutHunter EVO nylon tippet

    TroutHunter, the iconic fly fishing outfitter and fly shop in Island Park, Idaho, on the banks of the storied Henry's Fork, is launching a new line of nylon tippet that the company claims has the strength of flourocarbon and floats better than other nylon tippets. Using EVO nylon technology, the company notes, the new tippet…

  • Fishing Trout Tips

    Trout Tips: The lake cast

    Fly casting from the open surroundings of a lake shore is one of the best ways to improve your technique and gain some casting confidence. But, as Russ Miller from Fishpond demonstrates below, casting can be even better if you position yourself for success. Cast Stillwater from Trout Unlimited on Vimeo. The idea is to…

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    Fly tying: CDC Micro Caddis

    How many times have you stood at the tail of a run that's just boiling with rising fish, but you have no idea what, exactly, they're after? Yeah, dozens, right? Me, too. Video of CDC Micro CaddisAbove, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, ties his CDC Micro Caddis, a fly that he uses in these situations…