Bucktail is one of the most abundant and easy-to-find fly-tying materials around. It also happens to be one of the most effective when it comes to attracting and catching fish. Beginner tiers like it ...

Few flies are as ubiquitously potent as the Clouser Minnow. Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended.

Nobody knows for sure, but there are probably more than 1,000 fly patterns used for fishing in saltwater. You may have a favorite fly that caught a half dozen fish Monday, but after a cold front, that ...