The window is closing rapidly as the winter months approach. A rooftop of hardwater will blanket the lakes, ponds and reservoirs soon enough. Fans of stillwaters need to venture out before the ice ...

Stillwater tips On the Stillwater, Columbus outfitter Jim Yeager recommends using a 7 1/2-foot leader, in either size 4x or 5x. To that, he'll tie on a No. 14 beadhead pheasant tail nymph. To the eye ...

-- Don’s, Lewistown. Stillwater River: Nymph fishing has been pretty fair with the standard beadhead nymphs like hare's ears, prince nymphs, copper John, Batman and stonefly patterns taking fish.

The local rivers were running muddy from recent heavy rains. Mud suspended in the water column removed any chance of achieving success. When conditions are less than favorable, the Eagle River ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...