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Wet Flies That Work-The indefinite list

27-inch lake run brown trout Since I retired I have spent up to a month each year fishing on the Muskegon River in Michigan.  While many fishermen think that fishing every day is absolute ecstasy,...

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On The Swing — Cast vs. Control and the Spey Conundrum

I’ve been swinging flies for trout and steelhead for over 20-years – classic, winged-wet flies that have been catching trout for over a century in Europe and the United States. During my career as a...

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A Deadlier Dangle – It’s not over ‘til the fat lady swings.

At some point in a career of swinging flies, you’re going to catch a fish on the dangle – and that unanticipated thump on the end of the line will nearly yank the rod from your hands. With any luck,...

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Fishing Pre-Spawn Riffle Areas Effectively and Ethically in Wisconsin...

Fishing gravel for steelhead is a touchy subject – for valid reasons.  There are two types of steelhead rivers; those that support natural reproduction, and those that exist purely through stocking...

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Skinny Water Steelhead – Swing Control and Direction.

Swinging a fly on skinny water presents the down and across angler with a myriad of technical challenges. Like larger rivers, runs, pools and riffles occur through these small waters however, by...

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Great Lakes Coho on the Dry Fly

Great Lakes fly anglers have a history of treating salmon and steelhead different than their west-coast ancestors. For decades, third-coast anglers were convinced that steelhead would only eat egg...

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Swinging Egg Flies and the Fallacies of the Dead Drift

I was recently listening to April Volkey’s podcast, “Anchored”, where she interviewed Jeff Liskay. During the podcast Jeff & April briefly discussed swinging egg flies. Both agreed that it was an...

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5-Reasons Steelhead Anglers Should Swing for Trout During a Hatch

  Over the past few years I have met a number of two-handed anglers that can boom big, beautiful Spey casts and look absolutely poetic doing it. They work hard, fish often and are occasionally rewarded...

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Tension — The Art of The Swing

When the down and across angler becomes competent with casting and basic mending techniques the next step in the progression of line control is tension management. When and how you apply tension...

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5 Sure-Fired Ways to Lose a Steelhead Every Time

  There are many great articles that explain wonderful ways to fight and land a steelhead. The advice is solid, the tactics work and they all prove there are many ways to get from A to B and...

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