For some fly fishers, catching a trout on a small dry fly is the penultimate experience. Fishing a size 20 or smaller dry fly to a finicky trout is such a challenge that there are some anglers who ...

A trophy brown trout taken on the Delware River with a flying ant pattern. I’ll fess up. Nothing is more blood-pressure raising to me than pinning a big trout on an itty-bitty dry fly. Scoring the ...

Tying flies has long been one of my favorite winter activities. I derive much pleasure from crafting a supply of the many fly patterns needed to restock my fly boxes for the upcoming trout season.

One of my favorite things about guide trips is showing newcomers the size of the hook we will be using. They typically ask, "How do the fish see that tiny fly?" I tell them that I would rather be ...