Stillwater - Due West Anglers

Fly Fish Food perdiworm fly pattern, perdigon, san juan worm, euro nymphing, euronymphing, tightline nymphing fly pattern

weird flies that work

Weird Flies That Work: Perdiworm

Another weirdo that works great!

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

alpine

Alpine Flies: Darker as You Climb

Alpine fly fishing: the higher the elevation, the darker the fly

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...

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...

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: 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?

that compass is pointing the wrong direction...

exploring

Frontiers in Angling

Let's take a look at those new fisheries, and how anglers can uncover new and unexplored frontiers in angling

Fly fishing for largemouth bass with bass poppers and streamers

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largemouth bass Featured

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 for urban carp from the Denver Metro area, Denver South Platte River

common carp

Story From the Road: 4-Wheeled Oven

Fly fishing: Craving the flats, it was finally time to dig into the carp game again

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barometric pressure

Myth-Busting: The Barometric Pressure Debate

Lets look at the Barometric Pressure debate, one of the most enigmatic topics in fly fishing.

Lakes

The Elephant in the River

Fly fishing: We're all going to have to deal with river overcrowding at some point in the future, if not already.

stillwater

Why Don't We See More Chartreuse in Stillwater Trout Flies?

Do you recall any chartreuse flies for trout when shopping at your average fly shop?

fly tying

Weird Flies That Work: Super-X

Fly tying: Developed for the South Fork of the Snake River below Palisades Reservoir in Southeastern Idaho, the Super-X kind of has a cult following

nymphing the South Platte at Deckers, Colorado

fly rod

Rethinking the 9' 5wt Fly Rod

Are longer rods going to replace the 9ft 5wt?

Rainbow Trout from Delaney Buttes, Colorado

Lakes

10 Tips: So You Want to Try Fly Fishing Stillwater

10 tips for fly fishing on lakes and stillwaters. It can be a tough game, but the best way to learn is by reading this post and saving yourself the troubles we've had to learn from.

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.