Trout eagerly snatched up the simple offering cast into the shallow pool. Many, many years ago, sort of like the “build it and they will come” philosophy, I would throw out most any fly from the box ...

, fast-shooting heads, fast-drying UV resin, and even pre-made wings, legs, and tails that let you whip up flies faster than ever. This might be why spun-hair bass bugs aren’t commonplace in fly boxes ...

You're standing in an icy Alaskan stream scanning for trout when a tiny brown mouse plunges in from the grassy edge and frantically swims for the other side. A big trout spots the 'V' wake on the ...