I like to fish dry flies. It’s not that I dislike nymph fishing, but there’s something truly special about watching a trout rise to your fly. There are, however, times when fishing dry flies simply ...

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Successful nymphing starts with your setup. A two-fly nymph rig is often the way to go – it allows you to cover a wider range of the water column, and it adds variety to your patterns. I’ll typically ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

A landlocked salmon caught on a Golden Retriever on the Rapid River during Maine’s spring fishing season. Credit: Marc McDonald The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild ...

With fall quickly approaching, now is the perfect time to share one of my favorite fly-fishing nymph patterns. The fly is called Shy's Shucking Midge, and it's a pattern my friend Jeff Shy tied for ...

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