Fly Fishing, Angling and Fly Casting Education and Instruction

Over many years, the Scientific Anglers team has collected a wealth of documentation and knowledge from some of the best anglers. Scientific Anglers is happy to provide a variety of fly casting education materials and angling instruction materials for both beginners and experts.  We provide information on a wide variety of angling topics, including basic fly fiishing knots, advanced fly casting techniques, tips for spey fishing, basic fly casting, etc.  We hope that you will find the following resources helpful in your journey to become the best fly fisherman or fly fisherwoman you can be!

Fly Fishing and Fly Casting Basics

• Indicator or No Indicator
• Fly Fishing Knot Basics
• Saltwater Lines versus Freshwater Fly Lines
• Taper Design Fundamentals
• Fly Lines Cores and Coatings
• Cleaning and Dressing Fly Lines
• Putting Together A Balanced Fly Fishing System

Fly Fishing and Fly Casting Articles from the Experts:

• The Best Line Out There by Jerry Darkes
• Top Water Tactics for Smallmouth by Capt. Leo Wright
• Low Water Trout Tactics by Michael Hatfield
• Swinging for Steel by Mike Verhoef
• Catching Brook Trout Out West, by Brian O'Keefe
• How To Choose the Right Fly Line Weight by Lefty Kreh
• Streamer Tactics For Trout by Michael Hatfield
• Overview of "Application-Specific" Spey Lines and their Design by Way Lin
• Casting Angle by Lefty Kreh
• Fly Fishing — It's More Than Just Casting Dry Flies to Rising Trout by Lefty Kreh