Few flies can go from a farm pond to the striper surf to a tarpon flat without missing a beat — the Gurgler is one of them. Jack Gartside’s foam-bodied topwater pattern has been fooling fish for ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...