As fly anglers, most of us have the same general pre-outing routine. We park, rig up, throw on our waders and hit the water. However, there are a few things you should do after spending a day trying to out-smart fish and you just might find they make the next outing a lot better. From [...]
Maintain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will be hosting their annual Brewfest Thursday, November 10th at the Mile High Station in Denver, CO. A night of beer, food, and fellowship, the event will last from 6-9 p.m. Proceeds will go towards benefiting Project Healing Waters, a Volunteer organization that helps disabled military personnel [...]
This coming weekend, November 4-6th, Fly Fishers International will be hosting their virtual expo, and this year onWater is happy to announce that our very own Shalon Hastings will be hosting a seminar: Fishing out of Your Comfort Zone. Shalon has years of experience as a fly angler and guide in Montana, and will give [...]
Fly fishing and failures go hand-in-hand, and we want to see some of your best. Enter the #FaiIOnTheFly Contest and win one of several gift cards, a fly rod, fly lines, and more. Share your greatest fishing fails on the gram to be entered for your chance to win an awesome prize package including a [...]
Depending on who you ask, fall is the best time of the year to chase trout. Browns and brookies are preparing to spawn, their colors are as vibrant as they'll get, and they are packing on the pounds for winter. As the leaves change, so does trout behavior, and the fish get greedy, hungry, and [...]
Whether anglers call them wetflies, flymphs, soft hackles, wingless, or something else, these patterns can all be used successfully to fool a feeding fish. Soft hackles can be one of the most effective tools for fly fishing any river. We all love the exciting visual of a fish eating a dry fly, but it is [...]
For the majority of anglers, walk-wade fishing is the main method of hitting the water. Whether we're hitting a small creek or a big river, getting our feet wet is a right of passage, and often our only choice. The thing is though, it's likely the best way to expand your fishing knowledge. So along [...]
Some encouraging news for anglers in Colorado: populations of the state fish swim back from brink of extinction. From the article on CNN: The greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado’s state fish, was declared extinct over 50 years ago. But last week officials found the first confirmation that the trout are once again reproducing in the wild. [...]
Once on the water and fishing, questions often emerge. We might question our fly choice, our tactics, and we may even ask if the fish are feeding at all. We want to be sure every angler asks these 5 questions when on the water. If anglers force themselves to get back to the basics, we [...]
On September 24th and 25th, onWater team members Lesley Agostinelli and Will Moore hit the water, and the pavement, to lend a hand in local conservation efforts. In eastern Pennsylvania, the Tulpehocken Chapter of Trout Unlimited hosted a 5k fun run to raise funds for local stream restoration, conservation education in classrooms, and Trout in [...]