My newest article, “Everything You Need To Know About Fly Fishing in Small Streams” is now live in the Fishing section of the Field & Stream website. This primer will help you get geared up, review basic flies, tell you how to find viable water (no spot burning!) and cover fundamental small stream tactics. I’ll ask you all to do me (and the resource) a favor: Please go barbless, keep photos to a minimum, and keep those precious wild fish wet. Thank you, and thanks for reading.
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I’ve floated a few flies in that spot…lovely.
Interesting how it’s changed over the years…sometimes not for the better. Far fewer fish than 15 years ago….
Nice article, Steve
Thanks for the comment, Ron, and thanks for reading. 🙂
nice article. I follow a blog from out there on blue line fishing. Recently he comment about being out with a friend and the friend was getting more hook ups or at least fewer misses. they discussed it and it came down to using size 10 hooks.
Thanks, Brian. I’ve found just the opposite to be true where I fish. If you want more hookups, you’ve got to go smaller. Using that knowledge, I sometimes use a bigger hook on purpose to discourage hookups. A 10 would be gigantic on the streams I fish!