For those of you that read my columns but haven’t fished with me, and for those that don’t read my columns but have fished with me, you know I don’t like fly fishing with nymphs. In fact, I refuse to ...

Size Most jerkbaits on the market are 4-5 inches long, and that's what I try to match when choosing a streamer. It's easy to find 4-inch streamer patterns on the market. I prefer not to go any smaller ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

A few years ago I walked into a Billings fly shop and announced, "I have a killer streamer pattern that is catching brown trout like crazy. Do you want to see it?" The store proprietor, Jim, looked me ...