THIS WEEK Spencer Durrant reviews St. Croix's new and fast Evos fly rod. "My immediate reaction was one of surprise and excitement—surprise at the power the Evos packed, and excitement at the idea of getting it out on the water."

Bob Romano writes about his first day of the season on a wild trout stream. "During the next hour, I fail to raise a fish. About to turn back downstream, I spy movement in a patch of water tight along the far bank. Was it a sunken leaf drifting along with the current or perhaps a fin, maybe a jaw opening to take in a nymph?"

In this week's featured tying video Tim Flagler ties a Pine Squirrel Streamer. "This Pine Squirrel Streamer is about as simple as it gets, quite literally one material, well maybe some weight, if that’s the way you get down."