 | Fly Assistant Review Fly Assistant Reviewby Steve Clark Adsense Recently I had the opportunity to try the new Fly Fishing Assistant from VMT Software. Think you have everything you need for your fly fishing way of life? Think again; let’s take a look at Fly Fishing Assistant. Fly Fishing Assistant was designed by a fl ... read more |
| A Family Tradition A Family Traditionby Steve Clark Adsense As it goes with most anglers, I was introduced to fishing by my father at the very tender age of three. I guess you could say, for the most part, as soon as I could grasp the handle of a rod with my tiny hands without dropping it in the water, I starte ... read more |
| Great Lakes Salmon Primer Great Lakes Salmon Primerby Steve Clark If someone has never fished a Great Lakes stream during the fall then it would be very easy for them to not fully understand just how brutal a fresh run fall salmon can be. During the spring and summer we fly anglers spend our time whipping&nbs ... read more |
 | Streamer Fishing for Big Trout Streamer Fishing for Big Troutby Steve Clark I debated titles for this piece. AdsenseAnalogies had no pizazz; Steve's Lessons from getting Skunked with Flies, or Low on Fuel, No Smokes, Zero Fish: The Plight of a Fly-fishing Addict might've worked, but this isn't a laugh piece. There wer ... read more |
 | Building A Rod Wrapping Jig Building A Rod Wrapping Jigby Steve Clark AdsenseWhen you get hooked by the addiction that is rod building, you are well off to simply use a cardboard box as your first wrapping jig before you know if you really want to get deeply involved in this craft. As you progress from your fir ... read more |
| Salmon Fishing 101 We start by looking at rods, since rods seem to be the most commonly asked about piece of equipment when it comes to Salmon fly-fishing gear.Rods:Salmon are a very large and ferocious fighting fish so you will need a rod with plenty of backbone in the butt section. This doesn't mean you have to spen ... read more |
| Chuck and Duck Explained "Chuck-and-Duck", Explained -by Steve Clark Many fly-fishers hear the term "chuck & duck" and have no idea what people are talking about. I’m not sure if it is just a localized Great Lakes method of taking Salmon & Steelhead, but I know it is widely used in the Great Lakes Basin, so I will ... read more |
 | Au Sable River A River of Diversity Discuss this article at TalkFlyFishing.com Au Sable River: A River of Diversityby Steve Clark I feel blessed to live in the state of Michigan, and the number one reason I feel that way is because of a single flow of water that starts in the middle of the state and flows eastward all the way to La ... read more |
 | The Hex Hatch The Hex Hatchby Steve Clark Adsense Like mammoth military aircraft once lofting skyward from the now-closed Wurtsmith Air Force Base, large Mayflies hovering above the Au Sable River will be as thick as B-52's over Baghdad during the Gulf War on early July nights. Much like the on-going conflict i ... read more |
 | Small Stream Strategies Adsense In a perfect world we would all have access to the fabled roaring rivers of the West such as the Madison & Bighorn, but this world is anything but perfect and not very many of us are lucky enough to be able to walk out our back door and be on a large river filled with trophy trout. Altho ... read more |
 | Cold Weather Angling “What you should know” Cold Weather Angling “What you should know”by Steve Clark Anyone that says fishing isn’t a dangerous sport obviously has never waded a steelhead stream in the middle of January in search of chrome. If you have ever found yourself waist deep in 30 degree water or worse yet, if you’ve ever taken ... read more |
 | A New Perspective on Warmwater I don't consider myself a purist or coldwater snob by any stretch of the imagination but for some reason, I've never really given much thought to chasing warm-water species with the long rod 'til recently.AdsenseThat isn't to say I don't fish for warm-water species- actually, quite the contrary. I s ... read more |
This week’s typing tip is in response to a question by Hatches reader, Nick S. from Boise, ID. Nick wanted to know if we had any suggestions for a small, lightweight fly tying vise to use streamside, or on backcountry fly-in/ hike-in fly fishing trips.
GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS, FALCON), November 1997
Binding Type: Hardcover
Retail Price: $16.95 at the Hatches Store
ISBN: 1-55821-067-9
“The trout’s biggest advantage is selectivity, and we can counteract it only by knowing the insects that make up his diet. This is the reason for the study of stream entomology by the angler, and it is often the weak link in his skill.”
-Ernest Schwiebert
Trout Stream Insects: An Orvis Streamside Guide is by no means a new book. However, since it was first published in 1990, it has successfully been introducing novice …
Called the “bobbin of bobbins,” Marc Petitjean’s “Thread Through Bobbin,” aims to solve a few classic design limitations of standard bobbins.
Sand Creek is a pretty little piece of trout water that harbors some very fussy fish. Clear water in a small creek demands a quiet approach; casting from the bank is a good strategy when fishing small flies to springtime trout. Photo by Russ Forney
Springtime in Wyoming can be pretty elusive. Just when the first flush of prairie wildflowers sweetens the air, the next storm buries them under a foot of snow. Somewhere between the first Meadowlark and the last new calf, winter finally begins to relax its icy grip. …
With rubber legs showing up in more and more fly patterns, one common problem fly tier’s are facing is that they get in the way when tying a whip finish knot. In this week’s Tying Tips, Hatches Magazine staff member Alex Cerveniak shares three quick and easy ways to keep those rubber legs out of the way.
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