When late summer sets in and the fly fishing gets tough, use these tried-and-true patterns to put more fish in your net.

A simple, small pattern, the RS2 is tailor-made for finicky fish. When you can see trout feeding just below the surface but can’t seem to match what they’re eating, this fly often does the trick.

In addition to tools, fly-tying kits include the materials needed to tie the most basic fly patterns. Like any hobby kit, the more you spend, the more material you get.

I first tied this simple but deadly pattern back in 1984, and it has been catching trout, and many other species, throughout the United States and Canada ever since.

Stuff your winter fly box with these midge patterns. Travis Rathbone More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll ...

Put these 25 all-time great fly patterns in your arsenal, and you'll be ready to target almost any gamefish in the river, lake, or sea.

On my recent trip to the Bahamas to fish for bonefish, I used my Fly Wheel to hold a six-fly rotation: three fly patterns, each pattern in two weights.

For the longest time, anglers would tell me that what they landed their fish on was a San Juan worm. And even though I used various worm patterns, I never could seem to catch anything on one. Of ...