All posts by Leonard Schoenberger

Leonard Schoenberger is a fly fishing professional and gear specialist with over 20 years of experience on the water. As the manager of Heidarvatn, a world-class sea trout lodge in Iceland, his product recommendations and tactical advice are tested in some of the most demanding conditions on earth. His expertise has been mentioned in The New York Times, the Financial Times, and at the Outdoor Media Summit.

What to Wear Under Waders

Under waders you want a thin wicking layer, never cotton or jeans, and warm layers on top when the water is cold. What to wear in summer and in winter.

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How to Fly Fish for Tarpon

You fly fish for tarpon by finding them before you cast to them, and you find them because of how they breathe. A tarpon's swim bladder contains...

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Fly Fishing for Permit

The permit is widely considered the most difficult fish to catch on a fly, and the reasons are not a matter of luck. A permit (Trachinotus falcatus)...

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Best Streamer Fly Box

Streamers need bigger, deeper boxes than dries and nymphs. What a good streamer box needs and the ones we recommend.

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Costa vs Smith Fishing Sunglasses

Costa and Smith make the two most consequential lines of polarized fishing sunglasses on the market, and the choice between them is not really a...

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how to mend fly line

Mending is the act of repositioning the belly of the fly line on the water after the cast lands, in order to delay or eliminate the drag that current...

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what is spey casting

Spey casting is a two-handed fly casting technique that uses the surface tension of the water to anchor the leader and load the rod, rather than...

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emerger flies for trout

An emerger fly imitates an aquatic insect in the brief window between the nymph stage and the fully winged adult. The nymph has swum or crawled to the...

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fly fishing hatch chart

A hatch chart is a calendar of which aquatic insects emerge in which months on which water types, what life stage matters at each window, and what fly...

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