Nymphing - Due West Anglers

Reviewing Sunray's NoKnot Kevlar EZ Back Cast fly line

gear

Reviewing Sunray's New Fly Line With Kevlar Core

Notes from our first time out with the no stretch kevlar core of Sunray's new EZ Back Cast fly line

stanky leg fly pattern, tube jig fly pattern, crayfish fly pattern, euro nymphing fly pattern

fly tying

Weird Flies That Work: Stanky Leg

the fly fishing equivalent of a tube jig

Nymphing with heavy flies or splitshot to get a trout's attention, ESN, indicator nymphing, fly fishing

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Nymphing vs Turbulence

The nymphing angler is locked in a perennial quest to fish deeper because rivers fight back...

Favorite Flies for fishing runoff: Pigsticker, Woolly Bugger, Cranefly, Tequeely, Polar Shrimp, Pat's Rubber Legs

Rivers

Down But Not Out: Runoff

6 favorite flies for fishing runoff, when the rivers are running high, and dirty.

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

behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes

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

skunked

The Skunk Set Me Free

Getting skunked, catching nothing, was never an acceptable outcome.... until I realized different

Releasing a pre-spawn Wyoming Brown Trout

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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...

mysis tailwater fly fishing, mysis fly pattern

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.

How to fly fishing for picky trout, Rainbow trout from the North Platte, Wyoming, fly fishing grad school

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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.

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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.

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...

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

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Phantom Sculpins of the South Platte

Why would a trout eat a sculpin fly in a river without sculpin?

Winter fly fishing the Pueblo Tailwater, Colorado

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Winter Nymphing: The Dropshot Rig

Fly fishing for winter trout is all about low and slow. Implement the dropshot rig to nymph more effectively with midges and bwos during the secret season. These tactics work great whether euro-nymphing or indicator nymphing.

Fly fishing and releasing a rainbow trout from the North Platte River, Wyoming

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

Fly fishing the Scenic Cheesman Canyon on the South Platte, Colorado

euronymphing

Story From The Road: The Euro Litmus Test

Fly fishing: Euro nymphing vs. indicator nymphing go head to head

Euro-nymphing the South Platte, Waterton Canyon, Colorado

rigging

Tippet Rings: Rigging with a Secret Weapon

If you're fly fishing rig has multiple flies, a tippet ring unlocks the opportunity for both flies to move naturally.

Umpqua's Black Back Emerger designed by John Barr, emerger fly pattern, south platte

trout

Black-wing Emergers

Fly Tying: Discussing a nondescript pattern listed in Umpqua’s catalog often past over piles and piles of peridgons.

stillwater fly patterns including chironomids, leeches, damsels, callibaetic

Lakes

Where to Start with Stillwater Flies

Our best stillwater fly patterns, condensed into a convenient to read word cloud. Pheasant tails and leeches go a long way.

Thingamabobbers, New Zealand Strike Indicators, Football Indicators, Oros, Airlock

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Rivers

Indicator Selection Influences Drift Success

4 tips for selecting a fly fishing indicator. Not all indicators are created equally, and each has its advantage, and disadvantage.