The Drift - Fly Fishing, Fly Casting and Fly Rod Building

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Lucky Seven: Could the 7-Weight Be Your Go-To Fly Rod?

In fly fishing, we love categories—five-weights for trout, eight-weights for bonefish, heavier for tarpon, lighter for spring creeks. The seven-weight, overlooked and underrated, sits quietly in be...

Trout Hunting with Bob Wyatt

Trout Hunting with Bob Wyatt

Bob Wyatt’s Trout Hunting is back. A limited-edition run of just 200 autographed hardback copies. First published over 20 years ago, it’s one of those rare fly fishing books that quietly reshaped h...

Fly CastingFly casting tips how to shoot a fly line

Fly Casting - Sharpen Your Shooting

Double your line length in a single cast without false casting Any fly fisher knows that stripping in and lengthening - or “shooting” line - is part of the fly-fishing process. Understanding how an...

Illustration of man landing fish on a fly rod

Landing Fish Safely: The Slip-and-Grasp Technique

Landing a fish cleanly and safely is the final test of an angler’s skill, and the “slip and grasp” method is one of the most efficient techniques for doing just that. Used effectively in both fre...

Patagonia Fly Fishing: Three Lodges, One Week in Argentina

Patagonia Fly Fishing: Three Lodges, One Week in Argentina

Wind, wild trout, and a fast-moving week across Patagonia’s best fly fishing lodges We were driving back to the little airport in Esquel, Argentina, after a sprint week of visiting, fishing, and...

Fly Castingfly casting tips for fly fishing

Drag-free Drifts

Four fly casts for drag-free presentations You cast the fly beautifully and accurately in the direction of a deeding trout. As the fly drifts downstream, first the fly line and then the leader, beg...