Hook Eye Types Explained: Straight, Down, Up, and Jig Hooks
Straight, down, up, or jig. The front of a hook comes in a few basic shapes. Here is what each one actually does at the vise and in the water.
The Buzz Viper: Fishing Bees and Wasps in Late Summer
The hopper is the right fly for a hay field. Most trout water is not a hay field.
A Simple BWO Emerger for Finicky Trout
When rising trout refuse a perfect dun all afternoon, the problem usually isn't your drift. It's your stage.
What Firehole Hook Replaces the One You Already Tie On?
Find the Firehole hook that stands in for your TMC, Mustad, Ahrex, Hanák, or Fulling Mill hook. A model-by-model barbless cross-reference, each match called direct or approximate, with full specs b...
October Caddis: The Pattern, the Hatch, and How to Fish It
The biggest dry fly of the fall, a hatch that happens on the bank instead of in the current, and why the fish either eat it with everything they have or ignore it completely.
Some bags say 97%. Some say nothing. Here is what the number means, what the whole range is worth on an actual fly, and how to check any bead yourself with a kitchen scale.