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Fly fishing articles tagged with fish behavior

swinging soft hackle for trout spey, fly patterns include hares ear, partridge, peacock, pheasant tail soft hackles

Why Swinging Soft Hackles Works

It might be the oldest trick in the trout fly fishers playbook. Yet many people still don’t really know why swinging soft hackles work. It's hardly a natural presentation...

Flies displayed include: chubby chernobyl, clouser minnow, barr's meat whistle, popper, crazy charlie, and turneffe crab

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Behind the Scenes

Unveiling the creative process from idea to ink for Due West Angler's distinctive articles on fly fishing + science + conservation

fly fishing for carp

Wait... Carp Don't Have What Organ?!

These picky fish lack an internal organ commonly found in almost 3/4 of all fish, how is that possible?

Releasing a pre-spawn Wyoming Brown Trout

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...

Useful Biology: What A Fish Tail Teaches Anglers

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Useful Biology: What A Fish Tail Teaches Anglers

We can learn clues about fish by simply understanding how tail shapes differ (Fly Fishing)

End of the Year Round-Up: Our Best Articles from 2023

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End of the Year Round-Up: Our Best Articles from 2023

Highlighting the essential reads from the past year's lineup of fly-fishing articles

how does trout memory work? they remember flies after large hatches like the salmonfly hatch

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...

Fly fishing the Uncompahgre River, Colorado

Let's Talk about Private Waters

The comparison of fishing pressured public waters to private regulated-access waters is enlightening for anyone interested in fish behavior.

clouser minnow fly pattern, do fish know when they get hooked?

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.

Eleven Mile Canyon stretch of the South Platte, Colorado, how do trout respond to fishing pressure?

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?

Wading and fly fishing the Gunnison River, Colorado, tactics for fly fishing rivers with low trout density

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Tips for Streams with Low Fish Density

Lets take a look at how we approach rivers based on fish density and discuss what fishing rivers with fewer fish per mile have to offer

Hog of a rainbow trout getting released from a tailwater in Wyoming, rainbow trout, amy's ant fly pattern

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...

Fly fishing for largemouth bass with bass poppers and streamers

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Understanding Warmwater Lakes

In warmwater fly fishing, especially bass fishing, we often just throw poppers and streamers with little emphasis on understanding the reasoning for these tactics

Fly fishing in western Wyoming

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The Warmwater-Coldwater Connection

Let's take a look at the surprising way that warmwater can support coldwater fisheries

fly fishing at night, tailwaters in Colorado, trespassing

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.

Releasing a Rainbow trout from the Pueblo Tailwater, Colorado

The Dynamics of Fish Spooking

Why do fish spook? Why don't fish spook? Let's investigate.

fly fishing the Salt River, Wyoming

Sibling Rivalry? Behavioral Differences When Browns and Rainbows Share a Stream

Rainbow Trout vs Brown Trout , the Ultimate Battle

Adding Triggers to Fly Patterns: Subliminal Messaging for Trout

Adding Triggers to Fly Patterns: Subliminal Messaging for Trout

Fly tying: We might carry a lot of patterns, but if none match the searching terms outlined by trout, then what good are they?

effects of catch and release angling, how does fly fishing affect trout behavior?

Catch and Release: How do fish respond to fishing pressure?

By practicing catch and release we actively alter our favorite rivers and lakes and influence the dynamics of the fishery.