Davie McPhail ties his Suspender Parachute Hopper Midge, leaving out the hackle and incorporating high-density foam.

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 ...

The Government of Belize has permanently protected roughly 17,000 acres at Turneffe Atoll, signing the Turneffe Conservation Land Trust Deed of Mutual Release, Compromise, and Settlement on August 19 ...

Fall stripers and false albacore feed on moving current, not on a particular tide height. A tide-height app tells you when the water is highest and lowest, while the fish are keyed to how fast it’s ...

Why does a proven fall spot produce one morning and go quiet the next, when the tide chart looks the same both days? A tide chart marks water height, the times the water sits highest and lowest. What ...

The saltwater outfit you already own barely changes when you move from the beach to a boat during the fall run. A 9-weight, a reel with a strong drag and plenty of backing, a box of Clousers and ...

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 ...

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

All fly lines have memory: the core and the plastic coating hold the shape they’re stored in, and the colder the line, the stiffer it gets and the harder it holds the coil. Most coatings are PVC ...

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

As fall cools a smallmouth river and the topwater bite fades, the fish drop to the bottom third of the water and feed mostly on crayfish and baitfish. The most reliable fall fly selection is a small ...