With thousands of fly patterns available these days, finding ones you can rely on day in and day out becomes daunting. Every angler has those “confidence patterns” in their fly boxes that they bank on ...

Decisions, decisions. If you’re a fly angler, you have lots to make. Yes, there are plenty of different lures on tackle-shop shelves, but not nearly as many as there are different fly patterns in well ...

Have you ever noticed hurricane hunters’ flight patterns shown by meteorologists on TV look like random, odd shapes? Those flight patterns may look like boxes or stars, but they serve specific ...

Bud Lilly started fly-fishing in the 1930s. So he’s had what you might call a reasonably good chance to figure out what flies work best on Montana trout streams. Ask Bud about his favorite flies, and ...

Fall is hopper season on many trout rivers. These are the ones to keep in your fly box.