To get depth, I always fish my streamers on a sinking fly line; 3 inches per second or 7 inches per second usually work. If you are not experienced with fishing sinking lines, I think a 3-ips line ...

I had specific expectations when I got this rod. It markets itself as a big streamer fly rod, and that's exactly how I planned to use it – throwing large squid-looking patterns for striped bass ...

In streamer fishing, however, this move will cost you a lot of fish. Quite often, a trout is still moving toward you after it eats your streamer, so a lifting set will just pull the fly right out ...

Kelly Galloup sat back and explained how to tie a Flatliner streamer fly. His explanation was pretty concise and as he masterfully tied the complicated pattern his banter was captivating.

The excitement of having a big fish hammer a streamer fly can't be beat, as far as McGinnis is concerned. "I'm a streamer junkie," he says.

Blane Chocklett, the designer of the TFO BC Big Fly fly rod with one of his Game Changer streamers. / photo provided by TFO I had specific expectations when I got this rod. It markets itself as a ...