THE WOOLY BUGGER IS A COMMON FLY that is a standard pattern for most fly fishermen. Few flies possess the versatility of the wooly bugger and because of this quality, it's the one fly that I need to ...

Cold air is gone and things are beginning to heat up. If you are chasing trout, get on the water and catch some fish before the real hot temperatures arrive and turn some of our trout waters into a ...

It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...

Step 6. Shape your wooly bugger’s head by wrapping thread around the head of the fly near the hook’s eye. Don’t go back too far – you don’t want to cover too much of the body with excess thread. Some ...

Basic fly fishing instruction tells you to look for and fish the seams, where slow water and faster water come together. In the beginning, this isn't always as easy as it sounds to untrained eyes.

While visiting my brother years ago, my family and I went fishing in a small lake located just down the hill from his home. The lake, kind of an overflow area adjacent to the Colorado River, is known ...

Time was, mid-February saw the avid fly fisherman gnawing the bars of winter, waiting for April the way a caged lion waits for dinner. If he had nimble fingers and a good sense of color he might ...

Off-colored water can make early-season angling difficult. Fly fishers with skills beyond the swift water know that looking to lakes, ponds and reservoirs can keep you in the game. But fly choices can ...

With a critical eye, fourth-grader Michael Marks studies the woolly bugger fly he has just finished tying. "This one, I decided, needs a haircut every so often," he declares, only half in jest. Indeed ...

The first time I went fly fishing, my buddy summed up the sport in five words: “hurling money into the river.” That definitely felt like the case as I proceeded to lose $10 worth of store-bought flies ...