When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

Anglers tend to put a lot of stock in selecting the right dry fly to match a hatch. But, the truth is, the perfect fly won’t do you a whole lot of good if you don’t know how to present it. When it ...