A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time.

As our local freestone rivers begin to drop in volume, we need to add a bit of stealth factor to our fly presentations and ...

The dry-fly fishing up the Fryingpan River just won’t quit! Many people refer to the Fryingpan as the “jewel of the valley,” and one of her best attributes is the low water temperatures flowing out of ...

Learn expert fall fly fishing techniques for Adirondack trout including grasshopper patterns, terrestrial insects, ...

Dry fly boxes are a necessity for any fisherman regularly fishing dry flies. These delicate flies need room in a box to keep their hackles from compressing to float properly.

What's the best hopper-dropper fly rig for trout? Follow our expert's advice on the best rigs and fly fishing tackle to catch more trout.

Inspired by dry fly-only beats in the UK, Theodore pioneered patterns, such as the Quill Gordon, that are still considered staples in the fly fishing world.

I like to carry a few different three packs of leaders in different lengths and sizes. At a minimum, I have a few 9-foot 5X leaders for dry fly-fishing and a few 7-and-a-half foot 4X leaders for nymph ...

We accused them of being “dry fly purists” who thought the only legitimate way to catch a trout was to cast a floating fly upstream to a rising trout. Fishing a dry fly is as elemental as it gets.

Winter dry fly fishing is frankly less chess and more checkers because there is only a small handful of insects to plan on imitating (versus the gamut of complex spring, summer and fall hatches). On ...