While visiting my brother years ago, my family and I went fishing in a small lake located just down the hill from his home. The lake, kind of an overflow area adjacent to the Colorado River, is known ...

It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...

THE WOOLY BUGGER IS A COMMON FLY that is a standard pattern for most fly fishermen. Few flies possess the versatility of the wooly bugger and because of this quality, it's the one fly that I need to ...

The wooly bugger is arguably the best-known fly pattern in the world, often the first fly a beginning fly fisherman ties and fishes. It is easy to tie, easy to fish and remarkably effective for a ...

Off-colored water can make early-season angling difficult. Fly fishers with skills beyond the swift water know that looking to lakes, ponds and reservoirs can keep you in the game. But fly choices can ...

Basic fly fishing instruction tells you to look for and fish the seams, where slow water and faster water come together. In the beginning, this isn't always as easy as it sounds to untrained eyes.

Time was, mid-February saw the avid fly fisherman gnawing the bars of winter, waiting for April the way a caged lion waits for dinner. If he had nimble fingers and a good sense of color he might ...