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DAMASCUS, Va. — A Damascus couple has launched Stone Fly Company, a fly fishing business that’s already catching on. The new ...
Chubby Chernobyl — The Chubby is a go-to dry fly that is the perfect imitation of a golden stonefly or grasshopper. Often ...
While some stonefly nymphs rise through the water column like ... Like stoneflies, midges can provide surprisingly good cold-weather dry fly fishing. A challenge with dry fly midge fishing ...
Small midge nymphs work, but increasing the size of your nymphs gathers the appropriate attention. Whereas we were fishing teeny midge nymphs just ... winter river debris not yet removed by highwater.
I’ll admit it – fly fishing with nymphs isn’t my favorite thing in the world. I prefer to watch a dry fly float downstream than an indicator, and subsurface eats don’t quite do it for me like dry fly ...
Off-colored water can make early-season angling difficult. Fly fishers with skills beyond the swift water know that looking ...
Once located, crappies are easily taken by fly presentations that include streamers, dry flies and even nymphs.
The Appalachian willow fly is just one of hundreds in the stonefly family Taeniopterygidae, that are found across the USA.