If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...

The winter issue of Trout Unlimited’s “Trout” magazine inspired me to want to return this spring to my fly fishing roots — swinging a type of wet flies known as “soft hackles.” Soft hackles are simple ...

Have you ever wished there was an easy way to get into fly tying and fly fishing for trout? There is: fishing soft hackle flies. Soft hackle flies are simple wet flies, consisting at their most basic ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allow it to move in ...

Don't let a lack of knowledge stop you. These flies consistently catch trout, no matter the hatch or your fly fishing skill level. If it played out like it does in books and magazines, we would walk ...

A swung soft hackle or wet fly angled 45 degrees downstream is as classic in trout and salmon fishing as apple pie is to ...

I don’t know if you’d consider it a clinical condition or not, but I have a long-standing predisposition for old, soft hackle wet flies and Catskill-style dry flies. The logical result, no doubt, of ...

The feeling in the early-morning air reflects the onset of autumn. A tinge of color tickles at the leaves across the mountain. The river displays a deep, contemplative tone — another sign of fall. The ...