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    Choosing and Using the Right Fly
    Ralph Scherder
    • Feb 8
    • 5 min

    Choosing and Using the Right Fly

    The right fly can produce a banner day. The wrong fly can leave you fishless and frustrated. A few years ago, I was having a rough outing...
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    Hoppers and Droppers, Oh My!
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    Hoppers and Droppers, Oh My!

    Hopper fishing defies the most basic rules of fly casting. No need for those elegant, wistful casts, and nobody cares about the perfect,...
    616 views0 comments
    Bass on the Fly: A Popper Primer
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    Bass on the Fly: A Popper Primer

    Bass thrive almost everywhere in the United States. Here in Pennsylvania, we’re fortunate to have generous populations of both largemouth...
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    Is there Really "One Floatant to Rule Them All"?
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jun 4, 2021
    • 6 min

    Is there Really "One Floatant to Rule Them All"?

    Earlier this spring, I purchased several brands of fly floatant to use in an experiment to see which ones worked best is specific...
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    How to Fish Emergers and Cripple Flies
    Ralph Scherder
    • May 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    How to Fish Emergers and Cripple Flies

    Emergers and cripple flies are terms used to describe several types of fly patterns that aren’t meant to ride hide on the water’s surface...
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    The April Caddis: Fishing and Tying Grannoms
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 5 min

    The April Caddis: Fishing and Tying Grannoms

    Clouds of Grannoms filled the morning air. They came out of the water in waves, one huge flurry after another. There were so many...
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    Small but Mighty: Fishing the Zebra Midge
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Small but Mighty: Fishing the Zebra Midge

    I wish I had discovered the effectiveness of tiny flies when I was younger and had younger eyes instead of only within the past five...
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    In the Fly Box: Hot Head Wooly Buggers
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    In the Fly Box: Hot Head Wooly Buggers

    There are so many variations of Wooly Buggers available today that sometimes it’s hard to keep track. As new materials are developed and...
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    Low Water Tactics: Fishing the Buffalo Creek DHALO
    Ralph Scherder
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 7 min

    Low Water Tactics: Fishing the Buffalo Creek DHALO

    With only half a day to fish last week, I opted for home waters. I was due to pick my two kids up at daycare that afternoon, so I didn’t...
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    Masking Hatches and Selective Trout
    Ralph Scherder
    • Feb 24, 2021
    • 8 min

    Masking Hatches and Selective Trout

    Masking hatches are “usually” a large fly that’s emerging about the same time as a smaller fly. The smaller fly is usually less obvious,...
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    4 Tips for Fishing with "No See Ums"
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    4 Tips for Fishing with "No See Ums"

    I can match almost any hatch, but the “no see ums” are the toughest of all. To me, the term “no see ums” describes any insects that are...
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    What Does Fly Line Weight Mean?
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jan 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    What Does Fly Line Weight Mean?

    The first fly lines ever used were made of woven horsehair and, eventually, woven silk fibers. I imagine many a fly fisherman back then...
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    6 Tips for Tying Better Flies
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jan 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    6 Tips for Tying Better Flies

    Fly tying is a craft, and like any craft, you don’t start out an expert. It takes plenty of trial and error to improve your skills. And...
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    Fly Tying: Do's and Don'ts of Getting Started
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 7 min

    Fly Tying: Do's and Don'ts of Getting Started

    The arrival of my first fly tying kit opened up a world of possibilities for me. Not only did I get to feel the joy associated with...
    721 views0 comments
    5 Tips for New Fly Fishers
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jan 13, 2021
    • 4 min

    5 Tips for New Fly Fishers

    Last week, I posed this question on the Keystone Fly Fisher Facebook page: If you were to give someone new to fly fishing one piece of...
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    Blue-Lining Fall Trout
    Ralph Scherder
    • Nov 6, 2020
    • 4 min

    Blue-Lining Fall Trout

    Blue lines on a map typically represent streams or some other type of water, but to anglers they mean much more. In modern vernacular,...
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    One is Good, Two is Better: Using Tandem Rigs
    Ralph Scherder
    • May 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    One is Good, Two is Better: Using Tandem Rigs

    I used to be a dedicated one-fly nympher, always fearing I'd spend more time untangling two flies on my leader instead of actually...
    1,124 views0 comments
    Swinging Streamers and Wet Flies
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Swinging Streamers and Wet Flies

    The traditional way to fish streamers and wet flies, and perhaps most common, is to swing them. This is probably how they were originally...
    445 views0 comments
    Winter Trout
    Ralph Scherder
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 4 min

    Winter Trout

    A mid-January warm front got me thinking spring. And by “warm front,” I mean that for the first time in almost two weeks, daytime...
    113 views0 comments
    Hooking and Landing Big Fish
    Ralph Scherder
    • Oct 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    Hooking and Landing Big Fish

    I’ve been fortunate to catch many big fish on a fly rod in my lifetime. Even still, for as many that have found the bottom of my net,...
    63 views0 comments
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