A day on the water is always nice. But these fall colors in Japan really made it something special.

A brown on my own fly to crack the seal. Smith River, VA

I don't want to micromanage his purchase, but I don't know anything about fishing and especially not fly fishing. I mostly just want to make sure he's not throwing his money away. All his knowledge comes from watching YT videos, so I don't want him to buy something that's a niche product that an influencer was paid to promote.

His flies looked good but he said they came apart in the water. We're probably looking for middle-of-the-road, good value products here. Not top of the line, not so poor quality they will be frustrating to work with.

Thanks in advance for your help.

beautiful spotted bay bass, caught in Mission Bay in San Diego. Caught on a 5wt redington trout classic with a crosswater reel. #4 clouser with a sinking tip fly line (not ideal but made it work). Caught a shortfin corvina shortly afterwards, a ton of fun coming from the rivers in Oregon and Montana. a great day!

Went kayaking for smallies and got this absolute unit of a walleye instead !

I met this fly tier in Maine on the rifle range off the Morton Cut Off near Rangeley twice. We chatted about shooting and fishing and got around to flies. I mentioned the Gray Wolf Flies, and he said that's me! I never got his name. I bought a bunch of his flies when they were under $3. Had good success with them.

It rained most of the day, but the fishing was still excellent. We landed plenty of brookies, mostly on dry flies. Just a great day of hiking for brook trout in the rain.

I grabbed this at the shop for white bass/stripers and noticed it only has one eye, but the game was on & I didn’t want to interrupt the cashier any more than I had to lmao. All of them had the same one-eye setup. Does it have a name? Does it fish sideways? Did they just run out of glue? Any direction appreciated.

Does anyone on here know a Douglas Short? He would be around 62-63 years old now. I don't use Facebook, but know he has fished for trout on the Elk river in Colorado and used to tie his own flies. I'd like to make contact with him again before one of us rolls a 7. Thanks

Is anyone selling an L5W 6nine?

I dropped a brand new tfo nxt black label fly reel a couple feet onto concrete and the rim of the spool snapped. Obviously I'm a clutz, so I bought an echo base reel because I don't trust myself with a high end reel and I thought the composite would be less brittle than aluminum. Literally dropped it 2 feet onto the linoleum pulling it out of the package and the part that attaches to the reel snapped. Are all fly reels this fragile?? Seems silly given how frequently they are banged around while fishing.

First time catching a brown and tiger trout and this rainbow trout had beautiful colors, buying a fly rod is one my top 5 best investments (Yes I did wet my hands before handling the fish)

Okay I'm thinking about trying fly fishing next year, what are some things I need to know or look into before starting, and yes next year because I only have maybe a month left where I live and then it'll be time to ice fish (Which I might try as well)

One of my best days this year they were smackin that leech caught probably another 12-14 bows and browns under 11 inches that I didn’t take pics of ( I think I caught same rainbow twice the first two pictures are about 10 minutes apart)

Never considered fishing until I was invited on a guided trip on the Gunnison a few months ago. How typical is it for someone to fly fish for 4 hours and head straight to the local fly shop for their first set up? I imagine it’s not uncommon at all. Fast forward to last weekend, and I’m out on the Colorado headwaters first thing in morning - caught 8 browns/rainbows within about 45 minutes. Obviously my best day so far. Just wanted to say I can see how people get hooked. Any beginner etiquette/unspoken rule tips?

Just grabbed a cheap rod and line to try it out. Any tips for a new guy?

Disclosure: I'm one of the founders of a small outfitter in Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia. These are field notes. The framework follows a Chilean aquatic entomology guide for fly anglers (Sandoval, Ríos y Senderos, 2001-2003, written for all of Chile), plus an Aysén guide's hatch chart for the dry-fly sizes. Treat it as tendencies, not rules.

A rise doesn't always mean a dry fly. This is what I check first:

- **No rises:** a weighted nymph near the bottom. In lakes, along the weed beds.

- **Dorsal fin or back breaks the surface and no insect disappears:** emergers a few millimeters under the film. Fish an unweighted emerger like a Flymph: cast upstream, mend, then lift the rod tip slowly. Most takes come on the lift.

- **Busy rises in a caddis hatch but no adults being taken:** pupae on the way up. A Soft Hackle or a Sparkle Caddis Pupa.

- **Quick, firm takes to upright, cloudy-winged flies:** mayfly duns. Parachute Adams or Comparadun, #12-18.

- **Soft, almost silent rings, very early or very late:** spinners lying flat. A spent spinner, #12-18.

Dun or spinner? If you can, lift one off the water: cloudy wings mean dun, clear wings mean spinner.

Hatch timing around Coyhaique, per that chart: stoneflies in November-December, caddis in December-January, mayflies in January-February.

What cues do you use that I'm missing? And does anyone disagree with the dorsal-fin rule?