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Fly fishing articles tagged with research
When fly fishing for muskie, northern pike, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, are larger flies better for catching big fish?
science

Big Flies For Big Fish... right?

Big flies equals big fish, at least that's what we're all told. Is it actually true?
17 Mar 2025 5 min read
Attractor dry flies, sparkle pupa, why do trout rise? Gary LaFontaine Dry Fly New Angles
trout vision Featured

Attracting Rises from Trout with Dry Flies

Wisdom from a forgotten book: Why do trout rise to a dry fly? Exploring LaFontaine's lost ideas on attractors
11 Nov 2024 7 min read
Bass vision, how do flies like bass poppers, Mr Wiggly, Slumpbusters, other assorted bass flies look?
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largemouth bass

How Largemouth Bass See Color: Insights for Fly Fishers

Can fish see color? Bass don't see our flies like you'd expect...
03 Jul 2023 2 min read
Cutthroat trout from Eleven Mile Canyon on the South Platte River, does fly fishing impact trout behavior?
from the road

Story From the Road: Third Time Makes the Pattern?

Usually great stories start with full cars, open roads, and rigged rods, but this one starts different. This one starts with an internet troll.
05 Jun 2023 4 min read
Eleven Mile Canyon stretch of the South Platte, Colorado, how do trout respond to fishing pressure?
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fish behavior

The Science of Rest: How Trout Recover from Angling Pressure

Do fish remember being caught? And how long would it take to reset the timid behavior of previously hooked fish throughout an entire fishery?
24 Apr 2023 3 min read
fly fishing brown trout in beaver ponds
cutthroat

Using Nature’s Engineers: How Beaver Dams Slow Spring Runoff and Support Trout

Before civil engineering ever existed, there were animals shaping rivers across N. America. Have we forgotten the benefits they offer?
13 May 2021 5 min read
hiking and fishing the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
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alpine

Alpine Ice-Off: Predicting the Thaw for Spring Trout Fishing

13 Apr 2021 6 min read
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