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Like any good fly shop that is filled with fisherman and their stories, here you will find tidbits of information related to our wonderful sport of Fly Fishing.  Come here to find information that you may not find elsewhere.

Although, unlike most fly shop “tales”, this is all true…

Mystery of the Tattooed Browns Solved

In the past weeks several of our FATC flyfishers have fished the Meramec river just outside the park where browns had been stocked earlier in the month. They were told to watch for the Tattooed Browns by one of the Conservation officers in the park. Tattooed Browns? Now what was … Read More

Tips: Let’s Talk Midging

Winter is a great time to use midges because most aquatic insects seem to wait until spring to show their “faces”. Midges are the most prolific insect in the trout’s diet so we need to learn how to fish them. Here are a few midge tips for you: 1. In … Read More