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Midges are the most consistent food source for trout year-round, so neglecting to add midge patterns to your box can severely impact the number of fish you catch. For some anglers, midges are more trouble than their worth due to their small size and low visibility, no one really likes to tie on...

Northern Pike are the top predators in warm water systems and are the perfect species to target with a fly rod. They are voracious predators and tend to eat prey relatively large compared to their body size. Even small pike will attempt to eat 9-inch streamers.    Therefore massive streamers are the name of...

From deep in the mangroves to cruising the beaches, snook offers the fly angler fantastic opportunities for sight fishing. The best flies for snook tend to be ones that are lightweight (to make accurate casts into the mangroves) and accurately mimic baitfish or shrimp. The Yellow Dog team loves to target snook when...

Many freshwater monsters lurk deep in the Amazon river, but nothing fights harder, pound for pound than the Peacock Bass. These beautiful cichlids elicit massive takes on large streamers and topwater poppers that stretch the limits of the fly rod and angler. Peacock Bass are primarily targeted in remote locations in the Amazon...

Redfish thrive across a vast stretch of coastline—from the Gulf shores of Texas and Florida to the tidal estuaries of Georgia, the Carolinas, and even into Virginia. They inhabit an incredible range of environments: beaches to tidal lakes, brackish ponds to grass marshes, oyster-lined creeks, and open sand or mud flats. While redfish...

You’ve traveled over 5,000 miles to the jungles of Bolivia or marshes of Argentina all in pursuit of Golden Dorado, with dreams of hooking up to one of the most carnivorous freshwater fish in the world. As you go to make that first cast, you want to have confidence in your gear, and we...