Paid-members only science Exploring LaFontaine's Color Theory of Attractors this goes way beyond bright day, bright fly...
casting Lefty or Righty? It Affects Your Drift Have you ever thought about how your casting arm affects your fly presentation?
tactics Protecting A Fishery With Ineffective Angling? Why would you limit your fly fishing tactics to help the fish? Hear me out...
trigger points Featured Attracting Rises from Trout Wisdom from a forgotten book: Why do trout rise to a dry fly? Exploring LaFontaine's lost ideas on attractors
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
nymphing Featured Nymphing vs Turbulence The nymphing angler is locked in a perennial quest to fish deeper because rivers fight back...
Rivers Down But Not Out: Runoff 6 favorite flies for fishing runoff, when the rivers are running high, and dirty.
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
Members only streamers How to Match the Hatch with Streamers Fly fishing: We all know about the bugs... but what about the baitfish?
conservation concept Conservation Concept: Ecosystem Services and Externalities Exploring the concept of ecosystem services and environmental externalities
skunked The Skunk Set Me Free Getting skunked, catching nothing, was never an acceptable outcome.... until I realized different
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...
secret season 4 Simple Items for Warmer Hands Cold water is great for trout, not so much for your hands
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
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.
indicator nymphing More Indicator Secrets Have you ever felt like your indicator rig was moving too fast? As if sliding over the water's surface and preventing your flies from presenting deeper?
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...
salmonflies Improving the Salmonfly Dry Fly We walk through tying a modified 64 Impala fly pattern and clarify how to customize this recipe to match the hatch beyond the original
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.
private waters 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.
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?