I have a new favorite nymph pattern that I have dubbed — pun intended — Dan’s Killer Rubber Leg Nymph. For those of you unfamiliar with fly tying terminology, dubbing is a common fly-tying material, ...

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Last week, I spent a couple of days fly-fishing for trout on several streams here in central Pennsylvania with my friend Todd Justus of Chapel Hill, N.C. On our first morning together, we fished ...

The salmonfly hatch has come and gone and the varieties of imitations of this fly are vast and growing. But the nymphs for next year's hatch are already in the rivers. One of the earliest and most ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

This is a pattern I recently ran across and have found to be quite effective. Nymphs have been developed to such a degree that they look almost too good. The WD40 pattern is more of a generic ...