A buoyant dry fly such as the yellow Humpy in the foreground serves as an attractor and a strike indicator for a nymph such as the Hot- Wire Prince attached about 18 inches below. Will Yinger ...

Yellow Humpy, courtesy Bend Fly Shop. Seven days for a bull elk. That’s the promise of the general season West Cascade elk hunt in the Santiam, McKenzie, Indigo, Dixon, Evans Creek and Rogue units.

I’m often reminded that there is no better lesson in patience and humility than fly-fishing. In fact, I’m reminded pretty much every time I go fishing.Any angler who has spent some meaningful time on ...

REDSTONE – Fearing the usual crowds/picky trout on the Fryingpan River last weekend, a friend and I set out for the Crystal River on something of a whim. Another angler indicated she planned to give ...

Yellow Fly Stands Against Florida Developers Commentator John Fleming says that the only thing fighting over-development in the Florida panhandle is the yellow fly. John Fleming, editor at large ...

I remember one magical evening on a corner pool of a meadow stream near Leadville, my sister and I crouched on our knees taking turns flipping a yellow humpy into the current and waiting for the ...

Smaller and better-distributed yellow adhesive traps allow for better control of the olive fly population, according to a field study carried out by the University of Córdoba. The work is ...

Bud Lilly started fly-fishing in the 1930s. So he’s had what you might call a reasonably good chance to figure out what flies work best on Montana trout streams. Ask Bud about his favorite flies ...

It was going to be another hot and cloudless day, suggesting the three of us should be on the water early to take advantage of the morning cool to have ...

How do macaroni and cheese, a pair of old blue socks, a yellow humpy and a bear figure into a recipe for a new fly pattern? Well, according to Richard Weisand of Bozeman who is a commercial tyer ...

Most seasoned fly fishermen know from firsthand experience that there are two vastly different kinds of flies. There is the artificial fly – the thing of beauty: the Adams, the Light Cahill, the ...

Bud Lilly started fly-fishing in the 1930s. So he’s had what you might call a reasonably good chance to figure out what flies work best on Montana trout streams. Ask Bud about his favorite flies ...