To the uninitiated, choosing the right type of fly fishing line can be rather daunting. Unlike conventional rods and reels, which rely on the weight of the lure or rig to cast effectively, a fly rod ...

In the order of importance, I feel that the fly line comes in second only to the fly rod. The fly line is an extremely important piece of equipment that often gets overlooked and abused. A great fly ...

Tom Meier calls it "fly fishing at its simplest." "It just involves a rod, a line and a fly - no reel," he said. "As for the fly, the Japanese masters only use one pattern. I'm working on that." Meier ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

When Bob Goodale started experimenting with creating innovative fly fishing lines in the 1980s it was just a hobby. Today that hobby is Monic Fly Lines, a local Boulder company that supports four full ...

There's no better time to learn to fly fish than in the springtime. Most of the gamefish we seek in the Siouxland area move into shallow water during those warm sunny days of April and May and become ...