If you’re fishing a smaller dry, you’ll want to have a lighter dropper fly so it doesn't pull the smaller dry fly under – think pheasant tail, RS2, or zebra midge. Finding a combination that ...

I replaced the buzzer with a Pheasant Tail pattern and a fish took that after about 10 minutes. The trout were quite deep as I had to let my weighted fly sink for around 20 seconds.

Number one is the Pheasant Tail Nymph. There are many variations of this pattern, but most of them will catch trout most of the time in most places.

Trout feed without fear from predators or anglers under a foam security ceiling. One or two salmonfly patterns stand out each year. This year for me it was the Morningwood Special dry fly. When I was ...

On July 1, 1924, Carrie G. Stevens cast a homemade fishing fly into the outlet of Mooselookmeguntic Lake and netted a 6-pound, 13-ounce brook trout. Her Gray Ghost — featuring white hairs from a ...

After assembling my four-piece fly rod and tying on a pair of nymphs, a size 16 Pheasant Tail on top with a size 20 black Zebra Midge dropper. Once rigged and ready to go, I made my way upstream ...