Outdoors in Maine: Can’t beat a Copper John when fly fishing The Copper John nymph is the rage these days, and is purported to be the most-used nymph artificial in North America, writes V. Paul ...

Double fly nymph rigs have been very effective. Try a small bead-headed nymph (zebra midge, copper John or pheasant tail) suspended 18 inches below a brightly colored San Juan worm (hot ...

John Barr’s Black Back Baetis Emerger John ties a bunch of patterns available the world-over, and this newest offering has fish making bad decisions across the Rocky Mountain West. It’s basically a ...

To my surprise, and delight, a rainbow trout took the Copper John fly on one of my first drifts. Two casts later, another trout hit—but came off. Losing that fish hurt.

It could be where to buy a fishing fly, how to tie a fishing fly, who the originator of the fishing fly is (John Barr), or it could be about a video of how to tie the Copper John fishing fly.

A German brown trout: I was gifted a beautiful fish last week from angler Dave Millingar a.k.a. “The Fish Whisperer.” I asked Dave where he caught it and what he used. Dave said he caught it in Wall ...

The copper John, a fly that has some weight to get down in the strong currents, is ideal for the big, strong waters out West, such as the White, Gunnison and Madison rivers, as well as many of the ...

A “Copper John” is apparently a type of a fly-fishing lure with a gold bead, though it’s not clear if she’s singing about the patience required to land one’s dinner or something else.

His Copper John, and its variations, is the most widely distributed fly in the contract tyer market, among a couple dozen other creations listed in the catalog of Umpqua Feather Merchants, the ...

Double-fly nymph rigs have been very effective. Try a small bead-headed nymph (zebra midge, copper John or pheasant tail) suspended 18 inches below a brightly colored San Juan worm (hot ...