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Trout Fishing

Fly Fishing

The Drift: A Lesson I Needed Years Ago

Fly fishing is, for all its eccentricities and accoutrements, a relatively simple sport. Your goal is to put a fly in front of a...
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Gear

The Drift: The Most Versatile Fly Rod

I heard—from a reliable source—that something like 70% of fly rods sold in the U.S. are 9' 5-weights. That makes sense, since the 5-weight...
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Fly Fishing

The Difference Between Rainbow, Cutthroat, and Cut-Bow Trout

When asked to define the difference between a rainbow trout and a cutthroat trout, a biologist would tell you that although both species have...
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Tips

How to Correctly Size Your Flies

A few weeks ago, I was out fishing with two friends when we got into a great blue-winged olive hatch. There were bugs everywhere,...
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Fly Fishing

5 tips: How to Catch Trophy Trout

Trophy trout hunting has undoubtedly gained notoriety in fly fishing due to social media. Everybody wants to have a rad picture shared across the...
Flylords -
Conservation

Restoring Westslope Cutthroat in Yellowstone

Many anglers are familiar with Yellowstone's native trout—the Yellowstone cutthroat. But fewer anglers are aware that Westslope cutthroat are native to the park, in...
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Fly Fishing

The Drift: Spring Fly Fishing Sucks

My dad always talked about the pre-runoff fishing being "incredible," particularly out on the creek that flowed through the ghost town about 45 minutes...
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Fishing

Fishing Tips: Essential Fly Fishing Tools

Check out this video from Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing to get the lowdown on the tools you need on the water. These are...
Andrew Braker -
Fly Fishing

The Drift: My Biggest Dry Fly Mistake

A few weeks ago, I fished my first good dry fly hatch of the year. Small blue-winged olives were coming off in enough numbers...
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