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Tips On Fishing Hatches

There are times you may encounter a lot of different insects hatching and other times when there are few to nothing hatching. There are a few insects that hatch during the Fall and Winter. Most of them take place during the Spring and Summer months of the year. Of course, this varies greatly with the section of the country you fish.      It is a… Read More »Tips On Fishing Hatches

Hiding From The Trout

If trout see you, it will be next to impossible for you to catch them. In order to hide from them, you need to know a little about how a trout sees the world outside the water. The subject is far too complicated to discuss in detail in a short article but thank goodness, it isn’t necessary. This issue has an article that gets into… Read More »Hiding From The Trout

June 2014 Perfect Fly Journal

Welcome to the new June 2014 Issue of the Perfect Fly Journal. When the subject of fishing comes up, the concerns of most anglers, especially those without a lot of experience, gets down to the subject of how, when and where to catch more fish. This issue contains three articles we think will be of help in that regard. 2. Hiding From Trout: https://perfectflystore.com/hiding-from-the-trout/ 3.… Read More »June 2014 Perfect Fly Journal

How Trout See Flies

In order to understand why trout will take a particular fly at certain times andplaces and not take it at other times and places, you first must understand thebasics of how the trout sees a fly and what triggers the trout into taking the fly orignoring it.  The same basic knowledge is necessary in order to understand whygeneric, attractor and impressionistic imitations work at certain… Read More »How Trout See Flies

Perfect Fly – February, 2023 Fly Fishing Journal

Contents Great Smoky Mountains National Park-Top Two Streams You are probably wondering why we choose to list the top two streams instead of the top stream. That’s because about half of the park is in the state of North Carolina and half in the state of Tennessee. https://www.flyfishingsmokymountains.com/ Angie Marsh fishing Little River which is on the Tennessee Side of the park. The Tennessee side… Read More »Perfect Fly – February, 2023 Fly Fishing Journal

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trout In Low Water Conditions

A fishing report I received from Derek Porter: We just got back from 4 days in the smokies backcountry.  As you know, the water is the lowest it’s been since 2016. Obviously had to use great caution approaching the creek and casting, moving around etc.  We saw tons of Great Autumn Brown Sedge in the air – laying eggs all day long (usually you think… Read More »Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trout In Low Water Conditions

Wind River Magic

Backcountry Fly Fishing on the Rooftop of Wyoming If you are looking for a remote western backcountry experience where the variety of the terrain and scenery is equally matched by the variety of fish you will catch then look no further than the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The WRR encompasses 2.25 million acres in an area roughly 110 miles long… Read More »Wind River Magic

Matching the Hatch

Introduction The Word Hatch      The is the first article of a new series of posts on “matching the hatch”. The phrase “matching the hatch” is often used by fly anglers fishing for trout and sometimes for other species such as bass, pike, etc. During the last several years the phrase has even been used by anglers using conventional tackle fishing for many different species… Read More »Matching the Hatch

Fishing Imitations of Terrestrial Insects

First, although I’m sure most of you already know, I just want to make sure you understand what the term terrestrial insect refers too. Terrestrial insects are insects that are born and spend most of their life on land. They get into the water only by accident. Windy conditions and other natural conditions can cause these insects to sometimes loose their caution and end up… Read More »Fishing Imitations of Terrestrial Insects