Some were bright, gaudy, elaborate creations with colorful names ... classic method of fishing wet flies is a downstream-and-across cast, pretty much the opposite of most accepted modern methods ...

“The jokes kind of write themselves,” says Stitcher, who owns Ascent Fly Fishing in Littleton ... forever linking Lisa with one of his most beloved decoys.

Conversely, grouse head feathers make ideal wet flies for fishing the bottoms of ponds, lakes, and rivers. Describe a couple of your colorful flies ... Fish are biting or they’re not. Most fishers ...

While there are some classic dry fly patterns you can swing, the most effective options are typically streamers and other wet flies that are fished under the surface. A lot of these flies, especially ...

Most fly shops are likely to stock an assortment of soft-hackle patterns such as Partridge and Yellow, Partridge and Green and March Brown Spider. Finding some of the classic winged wet flies ...

The Weber Tackle Company of Stevens Point was established in 1888 and for most of the next century was a leading national purveyor of fly patterns and fly fishing ... the most colorful of the ...