Some of the best fly patterns don't come from trying to reinvent everything. They come from asking a simple question: What happens if we change one material—and use the characteristics of that material to change how the fly fishes? That...
Why the PMD Spinner Fall Is the Hatch Everyone Talks About (But Few Fish Well) Fly pattern, hatch strategy, and tying guide from Moonlit Fly Fishing If you've spent a summer evening on a western freestone or a Rocky Mountain...
By Brandon Morrison, Moonlit Fly Fishing There's a moment every streamer angler chases — that split-second when a big brown or predatory rainbow breaks off the bank, commits, and crushes a fly with the kind of violence that makes your...
A Modern Take on a Timeless Wet Fly Soft hackles have caught trout for centuries, and for good reason — the sparse, breathing silhouette of a hackled collar swinging through a run does something a static fly simply can't replicate....
There's a particular kind of stubbornness required to stand in a river when it's 38 degrees, drizzling sideways, and your guide hand has gone numb inside your glove. That's BWO water. That's Baetis water. And if you've fished it more...
The Fusion Sculpin: A Streamer Built to Hunt There's a moment in every fly tyer's journey when you stop tying flies that just look right and start tying flies that move right. The Fusion Sculpin is that fly. Brandon Morrison built this pattern around...
The best BWO nymph for euro nymphing and dry-dropper rigs — built on a jig hook with Semperfli Micro Glint Why the Higga SOS Still Belongs in Every Fly Box Before we talk about what's new, we have to talk...
Halo Comparadun PMD Fly Pattern: A Modern Take on a Legendary Mayfly Imitation Few dry flies have achieved the legendary status of the Comparadun. Simple, elegant, and incredibly effective, the Comparadun has been fooling selective trout for generations by focusing...
The Small Baitfish Everyone Ignores — And the Fly That Fixes It Walk the banks of any trout river and you'll see anglers chucking articulated streamers the size of a hot dog, hunting for the one grab of the day....
