The 25 Greatest Fly Patterns of All Time Put these proven patterns in your fly box, and you’ll be ready to catch almost anything that swims in the river, lake, or sea ...

Streamer Madness: Catching Monster Trout on Meaty Flies **THE HOPPER-DROPPER ** wasn’t working. Not like it should have been. We picked up a few trout—most on small sparkly nymphs ...

Gaudy flies with flash and movement like the popular Tequeely aggravate trout. And small, naturally colored flies in baby brown trout and juvenile rainbow trout patterns create a cannibalistic ...

Why Streamers Work If you’re looking to catch big trout, there’s no better way than fishing a streamer. As trout grow larger, they start to experiment with food sources beyond the typical ...

Swinging streamers is a criminally underrated method of fishing for trout, and when it comes to brown trout, it can be a total game changer. Brown trout are inherently aggressive eaters, and they ...

Streamer flies are in a class of their own, representing a broader variety of aquatic species that includes leeches, minnows, crayfish and more. When the cool night air ushers a change in attitude, ...

So I like to tie ugly flies. And when it comes to streamers, the uglier the better. It's not a difficult fly to tie. But it's a time-consuming fly to tie because there are so many steps.

I first tied the Gray Ghost back in the early 1970s. I included it in a framed set of my flies, which included wets, nymphs, dries and streamers. It hangs on the wall of my fly tying den to this day.

The Dark Spruce streamer fly has been around for a long time and has stood the test well. Normally tied in large sizes on No. 2 through 6 hooks, I have tried this pattern with some notable success ...