Right now, in our neck of the woods, winter is officially upon us and the fly fishing season is pretty much over. Sure we can head south to the big tail water to fish in the winter or maybe visit a nearby spring creek on a sunny winter day, but realistically, the season is done. It’s a sad time for all of us fly fishers in the northern half of the world when we must accept the fate of where we live and fish. But before you put away rods and reels in favor of vises and bobbins, there are […]

If it swims, you can catch it on a fly. People often think that fly fishing is just for trout in pristine mountain streams. For many people, an image of Brad Pitt in a ‘River Runs Through It’ comes to mind when someone mentions fishing with a fly rod. But what if you live on a farm on the prairies, or in the heart of a major city and you are hundreds of miles away from tumbling mountain water filled with rising trout? Not to worry. The truth is you can use a fly to catch almost any species of […]