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Fly fishing accessories can make your time on the water more fun and more efficient. From a simple zinger that holds your nippers to your tippet bar… These gadgets and gizmos can mean less energy spent digging through your pack and more energy spent catching fish.
If the technology is there, why not take advantage of it?? Especially since oftentimes, these accessories come at an easy price.
Explore our fly fishing accessories content below—from fishing sunglasses and gifts for anglers to cold weather gloves and fly boxes. This section currently serves as a content holder for many of our best articles!
A Little Insight Fly tying is delicate, intricate work, whether you’re tying streamers or midges. For those flies that are true to life, and of similar size to the bugs they are imitating, tying them can be a migraine-inducing endeavor. Using some type of magnifying glass can greatly reduce the inevitable strain on your eyes …
Our Top 10 best dry flies for trout, as well as a dry fly FAQ, tips on fishing dries AND an entomology overview! Floating, Fluttering, and Falling Dry flies are for most anglers, an absolute dream. Casting out to that brown trout sipping of the surface at dusk is the moment you think about when …
A quality fillet knife can make the work of cleaning and preparing your catch that much easier. In this review, we’re going to take a look at various models of knives, their pros and cons, and more. Join me as we take a look at some of the best fillet knives on the market so …
Staying Dry While on the Water While many of us love all things pertaining to water, undoubtedly, there are a host of items we don’t want to get wet while we enjoy our fly fishing from a boat. This article will cover: Best dry bags for boating (overall) Best dry bags for the money What …
Swing, Strip, Set! A streamer is a type of subsurface fly that is meant to be fished on the retrieve and most often imitates larger trout forage like baitfish, crayfish, tadpoles, and larger insects. The retrieve is what imparts these flies with an erratic, wounded, or fleeing action, often enticing trout to suddenly and quite …
Another Layer of Protection Let’s face it, waders are expensive. Taking proper care of your waders will prolong the amount of life that you get out of them. A bag designated to hold your waders both on the trek in and on the way out is a great way to further protect and ensure the …
Suitable Line for the Toughest Ditch Pickle Bass are big, heavy, predatory fish, and these qualities make them super fun to pursue on the fly. If you’re going after largemouths or smallmouths, there’s a fly line out there that is designed for the heavier rods and more air-resistant flies and streamers used when bass fishing. …
A Whole Lot About Lines In this review, I’m going to dive right into a subject that was very perplexing for me when I first started fly fishing, and that subject is fly line. There are many different styles of fly lines for different types of fly fishing, but the focus here will be mainly …
Our “Best Fishing Pliers” guide below will walk you through the top products on the market. Just as a carpenter wouldn’t build a house without a hammer– an angler shouldn’t be without a good pair of fishing pliers. In this new guide you’ll learn: Whether relaxing on the lake or deep out to sea, from …
Recognizing the Take One of the most effective ways of catching fish on subsurface flies is, nymph fishing with an indicator or dry dropper. Your indicator is much more than a strike detector, perhaps even more importantly it is a drift detector. Having an indicator prominent and riding high gives you info on where your …
The snow and sleet is usually signal that it’s time to sit down at the vise and prepare boxes for the spring, patiently waiting for opening day and the trout that come with it. Personally, I will still occasionally return to the waters that are permitted for winter fishing, but I too use the winter …
The first trout that I ever laid hands on was a handsome 12-inch rainbow trout, caught in my stocked, local ‘Fishing Creek’, under the watchful eye of my father at age 8. I was too small yet to accompany my father into the high mountain streams he fished so consistently in his youth, but I …
Access = Opportunity The idea of fishing from a boat is usually attractive to the bank-fisherman or chronic wader. I cannot count the number of times when the water swelled high in my hometown, and made wading a dangerous and near impossible endeavor, forcing me to the bank. I would look at the kayak and …
The Tools at Hand A fly fishing lanyard hangs around your neck and allows you quick and direct access to the tools you need and use most. It is a minimalist approach to fly fishing and is most popular in the summer months, when wet wading or for quick day trips. Having the right tools …
The best fishing hats not only help provide warmth and protection from ticks, wind & weather, they allow you to express your unique style…
Cold Weather, Colder Water The temperatures are dropping here in Pennsylvania and most of the country, forcing many fly fishers inside to sit at the vise and plan for opening day. Some of us, myself included, will continue to pursue trout where possible, and for most of us, to do this safely and comfortably, means …
Fishing From Empty Sky It is my job to stay abreast of what’s current and interesting in the fly fishing world, and tenkara is gaining popularity, nationally and around the world. This simplistic and unique method of fishing has spread far past its country of origin (Japan) with the help of Daniel Ghalardo, the founder …
Get The Best Ice Chest For Your Budget! If you’re going fishing, chances are, you’re going to want to bring food and drink with you. Nothing’s better than the ice-cold beverage of your choice as you cool down in-between morning and evening fishing sessions. Every cold drink tastes better on a boat or around a …
Accessing remote waters. Covering more water. Targeting stillwater species. These are all things you can do with the aid of a fishing kayak. Whether it’s these pursuits that have you interested in purchasing the best fishing kayak available, or if you’re just needing to give rivers and streams a break during the hot summer months, …
Shed the Boot! I usually mark the arrival of summer by the first time that I slide into my chest-high waders and catch myself thinking “Could I get away without these today?” It is then that I ditch the waders and boots and pivot to my fishing shoes. As the mercury rises, you don’t have …
One of the most often overlooked pieces of fly fishing equipment is the wading staff. It’s the type of tool that you look at and think “Eh, don’t really need that” until you give it a try and discover what you’ve been missing out on. Fly fishing comes with a lot of associated gear and …
For many anglers, their fly box is their baby. Having the right box for the right situation not only makes you more efficient on the water but can give you a sense of joy by merely looking at it. Whether you tie your own flies or not, there is something about seeing them all lined …
This is a complete guide for our best fly fishing gifts of 2023. In the guide below you will: Learn why a fly fishing gift for a fly fisherman / fisher-woman is one of the best gifts one can give Learn what NOT to get Explore the 30 best fly fishing gifts below Put a …
Get Your Zing On! Fly anglers love tools and gadgets, which means there is no shortage of fly fishing accessories to choose from. It can be challenging to sort through the piles of accessories and pinpoint the best fly fishing tools that measure up to the hype. Luckily, Anchor Fly is here to do the …
Fishing in a float tube is a fun and convenient way to fly fish, it also allows anglers to access waterways that are difficult to wade in and much larger bodies of water. Float tubes offer several advantages over typical wade or boat fishing, which we will explore in this guide. We have gathered our …
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