It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...

While visiting my brother years ago, my family and I went fishing in a small lake located just down the hill from his home. The lake, kind of an overflow area adjacent to the Colorado River, is known ...

A smallmouth bass caught with a popper on the Greenbrier River in WV. / photo by Chase McCoy If you've never fished for smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you are missing out on a great game fish. They ...

Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...

Chris Sandford gives his adaptation of the classic 'woolly bugger' fly - a traditional winter pattern. Choosing a fly for winter fishing is never a problem. The fish are down in deep water, and Chris ...