Bring your dry fly fishing to a new level with these tips and tricks.

Fly Fishing Tips – What to Do About Dry Fly Refusals Don't take it personally – just tweak your approach. Jasper Taback | May 27, 2025 ...

Fishing a “floating fly” required you to develop all the basic fly fishing skills: casting, mending the fly line, matching the hatch, and slack line casts for drag-free drifts.

For those looking to break into the dry fly scene, prepare yourself to enjoy a steep yet rewarding learning curve. Below, I’ve condensed the basics of fly fishing into five important tips, each ...

I learned the basics of small water fly fishing from my dad, a former Orvis guide and dry fly purist, who favored the small creeks and streams of western Virginia where I grew up.

To set the scene, I had a buddy fishing a two-fly dry-fly rig. The lead fly was a size 12 Stimulator —a big bug that might look like a terrestrial or a stonefly, although its basic mission is to ...

That being said, like conventional fishing, there are variations. There are three different types of fly-fishing: dry, wet fly, and streamer.

The amount of new fly anglers entering the river in the past year has been astounding.

Take Me Fishing, an online resource that helps beginners learn the basics of fishing and boating, is a great starting place to build a foundation of fly-fishing knowledge.