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.

I’m not suggesting you drift a pair of dry flies through fast water or stained water. The double dry rig works best when fishing slow, clear water that offers the potential for rising fish – if you ...

Fly tying and fly fishing master and longtime Boulder resident Archie Kenneth “A.K.” Best died on Aug. 20 in Boulder at 92 years old. The cause of his death was an aortic aneurysm, according to ...

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. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

Anglers who’ve used a Hare’s Ear Nymph, Walt’s Worm or Adams dry fly can learn how to create them for themselves this winter, as the Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited is offering its annual ...

A few days ago, the trout were rising to midges. I could go into the details of which river, water temperature, weather, and everything else that goes into a day of fly fishing, but for now it’s ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...