Category: Articles

By Don Fine In reading an Associated Press article recently, I saw an obituary that struck a sad note for me. It announced that Patrick F. McManus, famed outdoor humor…

by Dan Neuland “Half a dozen fly patterns will catch 90 percent of the fish 90 percent of the time” -quote often repeated by Lefty Kreh. The first time I…

by Don Fine If you read the Beginner’s Fly Tying article for April 2018, you would now know that Doug Prince was the creator of the Prince Nymph. And of…

By Larry Forte Lefty Kreh To start my Last Cast, I really enjoyed Dan Neuland’s article about Lefty Kreh. It is a wonderful article. When I first started fly fishing,…

By Larry Forte Happy March everyone! I am anxious to get out to fish for the first time this year. Unfortunately, between the severe cold weather last month and the…

By Don Fine A few weeks ago I was browsing through old issues of “American Angler” and came across an article, “Building a Better Fly Box” by Aaron Jasper. A…

I am sure you have heard the phrase – “Go to your Happy Place”? A fishing buddy taught me that phrase years ago. Most of us call it daydreaming. For…

By Don Fine Once upon a time (actually 28 years ago) on Utah’s Green River, a group of fishing guides were tying flies to imitate large crickets. Initially their cricket…

By Larry Forte Happy New Year! As I sit down to write this column, I can’t believe how fast 2017 went by. It feels like just a few days ago…

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. Mine was great and I even had a chance to fish a little. Unfortunately, without much success. Over…

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