If you fish creeks, rivers, ponds or lakes - with or without a fly rod -  you know us.  We're the guys at the next bend.  We're people you meet on the water. The Fly Fish Ohio team wants to help you find your own bit of paradise on the local waters close to your home, where you can enjoy great fishing, beautiful scenery and relaxing solitude. Join us on an amazing journey as we explore the sport of fishing in Ohio, the Midwest and around the country!

 

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Adventures in Fly Tying!

41 Great Flies Featured In Downloadable Fly Tying Videos And Podcasts!

Now Available In 720P High Definition!

The Chile Pepper

Rich, colorful and simple to tie, this Chile will spice up your luck on the water!

Video Series

Casting For Copper

Dave Whitlock has called the carp as the ultimate gamefish.  It's smart, challenging, strong, big and ubiquitous.  The carp is also one of the most surprising of freshwater gamefish, showing a surprising range of behaviors.  Joe Cornwall guides you through several unique carp patterns that you can explore on ponds, lakes and impoundments everywhere!

The Heavy Metal Hairy Spyder

Joe Cornwall shares an interesting twist on a very old pattern.  Tie a few Heavy Metal Hairy Spyders for your next outing, you may find a new favorite fly for those tough situations!

Smallmouth Bass Migratory Behavior

Dave Votaw explores the varied ways in which smallmouth bass use the length of a river. Over the course of a season some fish will move miles and others only yards!

Fly Tying Made Clear And Simple II

Skip Morris is back with a solid follow-up to his 1992 release Fly Tying Made Clear And Simple and, if anything, this is even a better guide!

The Biggest 2-Wt Fly Rod Review Ever!

22 Fly Rods From 11 Manufacturers Are Fished By 4 Reviewers With 8 Different Reels and 10 Different Lines... And We Don't Pull Our Punches!

Fishing Glass

In this essay, Joe Cornwall shares his thoughts about the continuing place of fiberglass as a material for fly rod construction. Did we move away from this venerable material too soon?  Is there still a reason to reach for fiberglass?

Streamer Fishing For Trophy Trout With Kelly Galloup

Joe Cornwall reviews a great video that's been around for a few years, but has as much to say today as it did when it was released.  Best of all, this is a trout fishing video that will help you with more than trout!

The Orange Nymph

Joe Cornwall shares a productive nymph pattern dating to the early 1970's that might just have come back into fashion.  You'll want to try this one!

Hot New Bass Rods From

Sage, Scott and St Croix!

The Sage Smallmouth, Scott Warm Water Special and St. Croix Clouser Signature all get the Fly Fish Ohio once-over. Who's is the "real deal" - check out the article to see how they fared!  Joe Cornwall examines these four hot, new fly rods designed to cause trouble for black bass everywhere! 

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"There's a phrase in Hungarian, nincs miert, that means literally "there is no why."  Perhaps it's as futile and foolish, at this late date, to ask "why fly fishing?" as it is to ask "why jazz?"  As Fats Waller said: "Lady, if you've got to ask, you'll never know."

- Arnold Gingrich