Gear & Guides

You reach for your nippers. They’re gone. The zinger cord snapped sometime in the last hour, and you didn’t notice

The Sound Every Fly Tier Knows It always happens at the worst possible moment. You’ve just finished palmering a tiny

The Real Frustration You set up a 9-foot leader, add 18 inches of tippet, place the indicator at 7 feet,

The Real Frustration The conditions are perfect. Fish are rising, insects are in the air, you’ve matched the hatch, your

The Real Frustration The hatch is on. Fish are rising every ten seconds. You’ve got the right fly, the right

The Real Frustration You make a cast and watch your fly line collapse into a tangled heap on the water

The Real Frustration You show up to a river that’s supposed to hold fish. You spend three to five hours

The Real Frustration You did everything right. You bought a 100-piece assortment. You researched patterns—Parachute Adams, Pheasant Tail Nymph, Woolly

The Real Frustration You’re on the water for the first time with a new dry fly. You make a few