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A scene from the opening sequence:

Life-like casting, using the side-view casting aid:

Casting for bass and panfish on a quiet pond:

Fighting a brown trout on a clear spring creek:

A big brown hooked while fishing a nymph with a strike indicator:

Hook-up:

A big bluegill straining the tippet:

Time to take off the Muddler Minnow and find the right mayfly imitation:

You can quickly change equipment or settings without leaving the stream:

Try a sinking line to get that fly down there in the current:

You can match the insects, or try a streamer to appeal to the biggest fish in the hole:

When it all comes together...

Can't find the perfect fly? Create your own!
This dry fly just needs a hackle and it will be ready to fish:

Over 200 fly tying components - Pick a hook, select your thread, then start adding materials. There are bodies of floss, chinelle, dubbing, tinsel, wire, wrapped feathers and quills, spun and stacked hair, foam rubber and more. There are wings made of hair, hackle tips, poly yarn, specialty feathers, etc. There are traditional and parachute dry fly hackles, plus wet fly hackles. There are ribs, metal beads, lead wire, and even specialty materials like synthetic salmon eggs and rubber legs. Adding a hackle:

The tier has selected to add a hackle, then picked a standard dry fly hackle style. Now it's time to pick a color:

Every detail can effect the way the fly floats or sinks and how fish react to it. A brown hackle has been added:

Once you've added a material, you can change the color to get exactly the shade you want. Let's make this hackle darker:

Materials are automatically placed at the most common location, but you can reposition, resize, and rotate materials to conjure up any fly you like:

You can create dries, wets, emergers, nymphs, streamers, bass bugs, steelhead flies, etc. When your fly is complete, just save it to add it to your fly box: