A good dry fly rod and reel setup for beginners is a 4 or 5 weight rod around 8'6" to 9' long, a reel balanced to the rod, a weight-forward floating…

Our Douglas DXF DXF5904 9′ #5 review covers casting, dry-fly control, line pairings, pros, cons, and who should buy this fast-action rod.

The most common wading mistakes in fly fishing are walking into water you have not fished yet, crossing at a bad spot, lifting your feet instead of…

Dry fly fishing is a way of fishing with an artificial fly that floats on the surface of the water, imitating an insect a trout might eat.

The best dry flies for beginners are a Parachute Adams, an Elk Hair Caddis and a foam or hopper-style terrestrial, with a few small midge patterns for…

How to choose fly fishing waders comes down to five decisions made in order: where you will wade, what material suits your water temperatures…

Your cast lands soft, the fly sits up perfectly on the film, and the trout you were watching just melted off its feeding lie before the fly even reached

You are standing at the fly shop counter, or at the edge of a river, looking at hundreds of wet flies in dozens of colors and sizes.

You tied on a good nymph, the rig is balanced, and the cast lands where you aimed it. Then an hour goes by without a bump.

Euro nymphing shines when it’s matched with the right gear, and the leader setup is central to all of it.