Check any fly fisherman’s fly box and it’s likely you will find a bit of Troth’s legacy. In 1957, Troth designed one of the most definitive dry-fly patterns of all time – the elk hair caddis.

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allowing it to ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allowing it to ...

It’s pretty addictive.” Carp love this hodge-podge version of a crawdad, according to angler Blake Jackson. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile) He clamps a stout, size-8 hook in the vise and wraps the shank ...

When I fish a trout river that’s new to me, I often stop into a local fly shop to pick up a few dry flies. Every river has ...

A better word for edges would be transitions. In other words, where one type of water changes to another, one type of bottom ...

Dry fly fishing has been great top to bottom. Fishing mayfly patterns with droppers can be productive. Terrestrials have also begun to generate strikes.

For fly anglers, nymphing will still be the go-to technique, but you can pick up the pace a bit. There’s no need to beat a run to death.

Blake Jackson, fishing guide and co-owner of the Ugly Bug Fly Shop and Crazy Rainbow Fly Fishing, created this crawdad pattern to slay carp. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile) Typically, the tying ritual ...