Flip Pallot’s leader system is not a rigid recipe, but a durable method for preserving the energy that the fly line has ...

A tube fly isn’t “better” than a hook-tied fly because fish prefer hollow tubes. Rather, its advantage lies in separating the fly’s profile from the hook’s function.

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Bill Oyster has a message that is worth hearing, unless you are the world champion fly caster ...

Not necessarily when considering fit and finish. The simple answer is no. While fast- and medium-action graphite rods in that $200–$500 price range can both cast exceptionally well, they are not ...

Wild Urban Adventures, a leading fly-tying company from Minnesota, is at the forefront of a quiet revolution: spin fishers across the Upper Midwest are increasingly adopting tube flies. Independent ...

I used natural defenses to distance myself from the reality of being a poor spinner of deer hair: avoid tying flies using deer hair, telling myself that shitty looking flies didn’t matter to ...

NOTE: I do not tie tube flies in sizes #14 or beyond. Not because those smaller sizes cannot be tied on a tube, but because I’m not good enough to tie them on a hook either. And the smaller size ...

A fly rod longer than 9-feet but shorter than 10-feet is, by original definition, a switch rod—a term first designated by R.B. Meiser in 1979 or 1980. Over time, these rods have gained various labels, ...