Flies & Lies - The Durango Herald

Nervous Water, Sign Of Fish

Tactics for nervous waters can be used anywhere

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Wish Books Have Everything

Fly fishing catalogs are a great way to start fishing

DATE: Mar 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

It’s cold, now what do I do?

Recently, at a New Year’s Day football game watch party, I was asked by someone what I wear to fly fish when the air temperature is 32 degrees. The answer to that question was a golf shirt,...

DATE: Feb 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Things I have forgotten

Here are some mistakes to avoid when fly fishing for redfish

DATE: Jan 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fly fishing a new location

Being new residents to Tennessee has given SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) and I the opportunity to see and fly fish in a large number of areas new to us. One of the new areas we recently vis...

DATE: Dec 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Giving thanks for fly fishing

My research, using the ever-reliable internet, indicates that modern-day fly fishing was the invention of Charles Cotton, an English poet and aristocrat, sometime in the late 1600s. He was a...

DATE: Nov 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Trout of a thousand casts

The experience of being alone in nature can make up for a lack of catches

DATE: Oct 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fall fly fishing: What fly should I use?

It depends on what you want to catch

DATE: Sep 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sundowning

Here are a few ideas to help tie your flies as you get older

DATE: Aug 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

SetSetSet, or hook setting, is last part of landing fish

Six years ago, I looked it up, I wrote a column about setting the hook when fly fishing. I need to remind myself every time I’m on the water how to correctly set a hook, I thought maybe you ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports