The Frenchie Nymph, developed by champion angler Lance Egan, is a highly effective fly born from euro nymphing competition ...

Many anglers would argue that you could catch a fish on any trout stream in the world with Frank Sawyer’s pheasant tail nymph. Frank was a river keeper on the Hampshire Avon and created this fly we ...

Nearly a millennium and a half ago, red light streaked the night sky over Japan. Witnesses compared it to the tail of a pheasant -- it appeared as a fan of beautiful red feathers stretched across the ...

Pheasants are traditional messengers from Heaven in Japanese folklore. So, what happened the day a giant red one appeared in the sky over that island nation? And, what was it? In the year 620 CE, a ...

The secret to great fly fishing? According to Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Blue Ribbon Flies owner and founder Craig Mathews, it all comes down to simplicity. Speaking at Montana State ...

A lonely, male ring-neck pheasant moved onto my property in early May. I say lonely in pure human speculation, but also because he is the only pheasant we have seen and his loud penetrating kok-cack ...

Anglers and authors Yvon Chouinard and Craig Mathews will discuss and sign copies of their new book, “Pheasant Tail Simplicity: Recipes and Techniques for Successful Fly Fishing,” at a free event set ...