If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allow it to move in ...

Steve Moss offered these tips, geared especially to winter fly fishing, based on his 15 years of fly fishing experience on the Spokane River. •When swinging a fly pattern in the current, whether it’s ...

Robert Cox will demonstrate how to tie soft hackle dry fly patterns on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 12:30-2:30 at East Rosebud Fly Shop. East Rosebud Fly Shop is located at 960 S. 24th St. W. Suite A in ...

I don’t know if you’d consider it a clinical condition or not, but I have a long-standing predisposition for old, soft hackle wet flies and Catskill-style dry flies. The logical result, no doubt, of ...

Last week, I offered some suggestions on assembling a basic assortment of nymph patterns for early-season trout in our region. This week, I’ll present a similar discussion targeting dry-fly patterns.

A few weeks ago, I resurrected a fly pattern that you’ll probably recognize if you are among that group of now middle-aged fly fishers who took up the sport in the 1970s. We called it the “spider.” ...