If your goal is to catch a fish — a lot of fish — on a fly rod, the double-nymph rig should be your go-to setup.
The 5 best double nymph rigs
by Ben Kryzinski - Tuesday, Oct 26th, 2021
by Ben Kryzinski - Tuesday, Oct 26th, 2021
If your goal is to catch a fish — a lot of fish — on a fly rod, the double-nymph rig should be your go-to setup.
by Johnny Carrol Sain - Friday, Oct 22nd, 2021
While my state still boasts of woodlands, plains, and waterways with wildlife abounding, the region is a far and primal cry from the fauna-filled wilderness it once was. Prior to Euro-American settlement, Arkansas was a documented home to elk, American bison, red wolves, and mountain lions. Though we’re a few hundred miles southeast of their known historic range, I’d imagine a stray grizzly or two wandered down the Arkansas River in search of new territory.
by Chris Hunt - Wednesday, Oct 20th, 2021
In 1922, Leonard Halladay tied up a mayfly imitation on the banks of Michigan’s Boardman River, and then handed the fly to his friend Charles Adams to take with him fishing. The rest is history, as the fly old Chuck tied on at the river proved to be an excellent attractor dry fly, and now, bearing the angler’s last name, is recognized as perhaps the best dry fly ever crafted.
by Charles Witek - Monday, Oct 18th, 2021
I’m interested not only in fish, but in food, and I’ll sometimes find myself reading a book about some aspect of food history, the development of American cuisine, or something of that sort. Right now, I’m reading Lost Feast, by Lenora Newman.
by Johnny Carrol Sain - Saturday, Oct 16th, 2021
The first stretch of Appalachian trout water I laid eyes upon, boulder-strewn and narrow with isolated pockets, was just what I’d imagined it would be. I approached each run camouflaged by the vast green of the forest and, thanks to the diminutive 7-foot 3 weight rod I’d strung up before hiking into the creek, was able to unfurl precise casts despite the ever-present, overhanging limbs. Just around the bend, however, the creek and the forest opened wide. Long runs trailed from the prime pockets, and if I wanted to reach the best water, I’d need a bit more range on my casts.