Should you get into Euro nymphing? Well, consider this: If you’re interested in fast cars, your experts are NASCAR and Formula 1. If you’re into basketball, perhaps your role models are the NBA. And ...

For the last 15 years or so, Euro nymphing has exploded in the United States. It was a byproduct of American competition fly anglers competing in Europe then bringing the techniques they learned back ...

This form of nymphing works best with a 10- to 12-foot-long five to six-weight rod, which I don’t own. I had a great time and learned a lot during my afternoon with John and the group. I’ve gained new ...

As you develop as an angler, you’ll start getting the urge to buy new rods specific for different situations or techniques. Rod companies have created a rod for every type of scenario an angler might ...

Walking into a fly shop and perusing the available rods in the rod rack points towards a tremendous number of rods in the 9 foot-category. We are in trout country so it makes sense that the ...

No one took much notice when an obscure Polish fly-fisherman named Vladi Trzebunia waded into the World Fly Fishing Championship 15 years ago. By the time he’d left the water, the world of nymph ...

Colder-than-average temperatures may have delayed, or at least reduced, the midge hatches that are the mainstay for winter-weary South Platte River dry fly fishermen this time of year. That means ...

Maybe the best place to begin again is where I left off about a year ago when this freelance column was suspended because of the harsh economic realities of the pandemic. Brown trout are a primary ...