One great place to begin is by looking at classic patterns that have stood the test of time and have been catching fish for decades. Many of those flies are on the list below. But you also have to ...

, fast-shooting heads, fast-drying UV resin, and even pre-made wings, legs, and tails that let you whip up flies faster than ever. This might be why spun-hair bass bugs aren’t commonplace in fly boxes ...

If you fish Colorado's tailwaters enough, you'll quickly learn the benefit of using small flies to lure big trout. But does that logic apply to larger, warm-water species such as bass? The answer, ...