Fly Fishing Articles:
Tips, Techniques, and Strategies
to Improve Your Success
A fresh perspective through the eyes of an expert...
Here is a mix of fly fishing articles—on techniques, strategies, rivers and other waters—Skip has published with a variety of
fly-fishing and outdoor magazines over the past 20-some years.
You'll find all sorts of great information here.
From attractor flies for big trout, to salmon in the salt...
Want to find out what it feels like to hook one wild-fighting salmon after another off the Washington Coast, and how to make that happen?
Or perhaps you'd like to know when and where to fish big attractor dry flies for big trout? We'll explore all this, and more.
Fly-Fishing Article Library
The links at the bottom of this page will take you to the articles by Skip(and a few written by Carol). From simple skills to cutting-edge techniques, you'll find new ways to catch more fish among the pages.
If you read about this sport to learn, to catch more fish, or just for fun, enjoy exploring what we offer here.
Tactics for Bass
Bass Back in the Salad
The Bass-Bluegill Lap
The Bass-Bluegill Lap Flies
Tactics for Trout
Bring the Big Attractor Dry Flies, Part 1
Bring the Big Attractor Dry Flies, Part 2
Neah Bay Salmon, Way Out West
Montana Hoppers: The Princess and the Brute
Standard Indicator Nymph Fishing Part 1
Standard Indicator Nymph Fishing Part 2
Ten Ways to Improve Your Nymph Fishing
The Truth About Chironomids Part One
The Truth About Chironomids Part Two
The Truth About Chironomids Part Three
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Click here to hear Skip's interviews on popular podcasts...
*Announcements*
Skip has an essay in Big Sky Journal's annual Fly Fishing issue, called "Montana Hoppers: the Princess and the Brute" released February 1, 2023. Skip rewrote it a bit; I painted and illustrated it here, on our website. Here's the link on our web page to check it out:
©Carol Ann Morris
Click here to read Skip's essay Montana Hoppers: The Princess and the Brute...
Skip's latest books:
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, is now available on Amazon as an ebook...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Dry Flies (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them
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Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, 2nd Edition, originally published as an e-book only, is now available on Amazon as a paperback...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Nymphs (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition)
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Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .
Click here to get more information about Skip's e-book,
500 Trout Streams...
500 Trout Streams...
Skip's latest paperback book:
365 Fly Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish
Click here to get more information about Skip's latest book,
365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
Print Skip's chart for FREE:
Skip Morris's Trout-Fly Proportion Chart
Go to Skip Morris's Trout Fly Proportion Chart
Skip's Predator is available to buy...
Skip's ultra-popular Predator—a hit fly for bluegills and other panfishes and largemouth bass (also catches smallmouth bass and trout)—is being tied commercially by the Solitude Fly Company.
The Predator
CLICK HERE to learn more about or to purchase the Predator...
Learn to Tie Skip's Predator
Do you want to tie the Predator?
Tying the Predator
Skip shows you how to tie it on his YouTube Channel link, listed below:
CLICK HERE to see Skip's detailed video on how to tie the Predator...