Fall bull redfish move onto Louisiana's clear, shallow marsh flats Oct–Feb. How to time a trip to the front cycle, where to ...

Most days it shows up as a run of refusals. You’re getting drifts you’d swear are good over steadily rising fish, and nothing eats, and the reflex is to go smaller and lighter. Sometimes that’s right.

Moving from the beach to a boat during the fall run changes three things in your fly kit: the fly line, the tool that catches your loose line between casts, and how you carry your gear. The 9-weight ...

For fall fly fishing, a three-layer wading jacket with sealed cuffs and a fully waterproof main zip is the right call for most anglers, and the 2026 standouts are the Simms G3 Guide (about $599), ...

The Denver Board of Water Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to end the lawn watering season a month early, banning ...

As fall water cools toward the low 40s, the two adjustments that matter most for fall steelhead swing flies are slowing the fly down and getting it deeper to the fish’s holding level; fly size and ...

Fly fishing for monsters in the mud! In this episode of Out Fishing, Loop’s Ali Parkin joins Loop Ambassadors Kate & Scotty Sherin to learn about fly fishing for Striped Bass in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Tie deer-hair divers and sliders for fall bass: hair physics, GSP thread, hook and packing specs, weed-guard alignment, and ...

Peacock herl catches fish, and the Zug Bug is mostly peacock herl. That iridescent green-bronze body does the heavy lifting – it reads as a caddis larva, a mayfly nymph, or a small dragonfly nymph ...

To choose a Skagit head for fall steelhead, match the head weight to the sinking tip you plan to fish and keep it inside your rod’s grain window, the range of head weights the rod is built to cast. A ...

Tie and fish the Partridge and Orange soft-hackle for fall trout: sparse hackle, orange silk bodies, sizing for October caddis and BWOs, plus the wet-fly swing.

To control a swung fly in high, fast water, size the belly of your line to the current instead of trying to remove it. The belly is the downstream bow the current pushes into your fly line, and it is ...