Spring 2021
Features
Dissecting Carrie Stevens
How Carrie Stevens made her famous feather-wing streamers has been a topic of debate for decades. Our author took one of those rare flies apart and found the answer.
Best Flies for Fishing the South Platte
Tie these 20 guide-tested patterns for fishing one of the best trout rivers on Colorado’s Front Range.
It’s a Lizard!
Want to add a new pattern to your bass-fishing fly box? This imitation of a floating lizard drives hawgs wild!
Knuckleheads for Ozark Big Butter
We all know that big fish eat big flies. A pro angler from the Show Me State showed us how to catch the BIGGEST fish in the river.
Chironomids 101
British Columbia’s trophy trout feed on some of the smallest insects in the water. Follow these 22 tips for tying better midge pupae that will catch trout everywhere.
ON THE COVER: Black Pearl
Columns
Editor’s Bench
Results of Fly Fishers International’s Second Annual Fly Tying Challenge
First Wraps
The New Boom in Tying Flies
Intermediate Tying
Weaving Is for More than Rugs
Salt Water
Bayou Bugs
Profile
The Zack Attack
One Fly
DAVID KLAUSMEYER
