By Spencer Durrant When you’re new to fly fishing, the sheer glut of fly rods on the market feels overwhelming. How do
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By Spencer Durrant I threw a cast and watched my dry-dropper rig land in the middle of the beaver pond. The water
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By Spencer Durrant With runoff in full swing in most of my favorite rivers, I’m spending a bit more time behind the
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By Spencer Durrant Aside from caddis, midge flies might be the most important for anglers to have in their box. Midges hatch
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By Spencer Durrant Fly casting is the main difference between fly fishing and conventional fishing. Fly casting is, I think, the hardest
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By Spencer Durrant The first epic dry fly hatch I remember sitting through was a caddis hatch on a small freestone stream
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Tippet is an indispensable part of any fly angler’s gear arsenal. But what exactly is tippet, and why do you need so
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Nymphing is often the first style of fly fishing that beginners learn. Nymphing is most analogous to conventional fishing because both usually
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If I had to pick one thing that I think intimidates people the most about fly fishing, I’d have to settle on
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I’m lucky enough to have started fly fishing when I was barely six years old. My dad grew up fly fishing, and
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