Members only tailwater Tailstone Rivers: What Are They and How Do They Work? how do tailwaters transform back into freestone rivers? (fly fishing)
fly box Fly Box Shootout Umpqua, Cliff, Fishpond, Tacky, Plano, Fin River, Yakoda, what's the best fly box?
Members only big fish 5 Tips for Landing Those Big Fish To be a true angler you need to experience the heartbreak of losing a big fish. Here's how to stack the odds in your favor so that doesn't happen...
anatomy Featured Useful Biology: Fish Tails We can learn clues about fish by simply understanding how tail shapes differ (Fly Fishing)
secret season 4 Simple Items for Warmer Hands Cold water is great for trout, not so much for your hands
essential reads End of the Year Round-Up: Best of 2023 Highlighting the essential reads from the past year's lineup of fly-fishing articles
grasshoppers Featured Pink Grasshoppers Really Do Exist In our never-ending quest to explain why unexpected colors work as fly patterns I found some insights in an unlikely place... the museum...
fly rod Instant Favorite: TFO Axiom II-X Fly Rod Review This fly rod has become an instant favorite, reviewing the tfo axiom 2-x fly rod
colorado History of the Mysis Fishery: Gaffe to Gold Medal Gather around the fire and let me tell you a fly fishing tale of how mysis ended up feeding fish well downstream from the intended destination.
technical trout Featured Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior: An Angler's Playbook Fly fishing graduate school: Welcome to the big-leagues of trout fishing. You better come prepared.
Members only trout Crash Course in Picky Trout Behavior Fly Fishing graduate school: Understanding a picky trout can be the difference-maker when trying to present flies to these stubborn fish.
pattern hangover Fish Memory and Pattern Hangover You missed the big hatch, but if you know a little about how trout brains work you might know that you're window of opportunity hasn't fully closed yet...
behavior Do Other Fish Know When A Fish Gets Hooked? Let's talk about the social cues a group responds to, or doesn't respond to, when a fish gets hooked.
Members only fish behavior The Science of Rest: Trout Get Burnout Too Do fish remember being caught? And how long would it take to reset the timid behavior of previously hooked fish throughout an entire fishery?
terrestrials Story From the Road: Amy's Ante Fish were rising everywhere, skimming #28 midges off the film of a deep run. Cows surrounded us as spectators for the feeding frenzy of a developing hatch. The water temperature was perfect...
exploring Frontiers in Angling Let's take a look at those new fisheries, and how anglers can uncover new and unexplored frontiers in angling
Members only sculpin Featured Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte Why would a trout eat a sculpin fly in a river without sculpin?
swim bladder Swim Bladders and Pressure Changes Let's take a closer look at how fish swim bladders might be influenced by atmospheric pressure changes (ie; storms, cold fronts)
Members only conservation Featured The Warmwater-Coldwater Connection Conservation: Let's take a look at the surprising way that warmwater can support coldwater fisheries
exploring End of the Year Round Up: Best of 2022 We revisit the best of the best from 2022 slate of fly fishing articles.
rigging Field Testing the Right Angle Leader We tested out the effectiveness of the right angle leader when fly fishing for rainbow trout and brown trout…we weren’t disappointed
tailwater Story From The Road: Bling Pigs What is it about youth that pushes you to do stupid things? You combine that with trout madness and you've got a recipe for delinquency.
technical trout Catch More Trout with These Articles Fly fishing: Let's discuss everything from approaching the water, to rigging, flies, and dealing with picky trout.
climate change Western Trout Rivers: An Angler's Prospectus Fly fishing: Out west, with years of lingering drought, and now reports of declining trout populations in the holy-waters of Montana...
runoff Weird Flies That Work: Polar Shrimp Fly fishing: An unexpected pattern to be treasured by a Rocky Mountain trout angler