According to Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Blue Ribbon Flies owner and founder Craig Mathews, it all comes down to simplicity. Speaking at Montana State University on Wednesday, Oct. 8, the duo ...

“Pheasant tail does such an incredible job of imitating.” Throughout the 168-page book, Mathews and Chouinard provide 18 different patterns and materials, including the mayfly emerger and flymph (an ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Best ...

While Chouinard and Mathews have each made a name for themselves in the world of fly fishing and written extensively on the ...

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It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the ...

From a distance, I watched as a bright yellow maple leaf gently disengaged itself from the branch it had been attached to since April because of the aging process and a swift northerly breeze. The ...