No trout fishing setup is complete without a tippet holder. / Photo by Jasper Taback If you wonder why trout anglers get a bad rap. Well, why do we need our own tippet sizing system that makes no ...

Take me to your leader, and chances are we’ll be able to fix some of your flyfishing problems. Leaders are among the basic elements of fly tackle, but the essentials of leader design and performance ...

Last Thursday, we discussed terminal knots for tying fishing line to hooks and lures. For specialty applications, you often need union knots to join different types of line, or to tie a dropper line ...

BASALT – Over the years, we have encountered many frustrated anglers who cannot figure out why the fish are continually refusing their flies. Individuals often drop in, complaining that numerous fish ...

Nymph fishing is undoubtedly the most effective method for catching trout. Unfortunately, the way that most people do it isn’t terribly entertaining. In my experience, you can only watch a strike ...

Fly fishing in cold weather can be brutal. When your fly line is freezing in the rod guides and you’re trying to tie a size 24 midge onto 5x tippet with hands that lost feeling an hour ago, it’s ...