I read about this technique from a Wyoming fly-fishing guide years ago. The more I learned, the more I realized this approach can be duplicated in a variety of water — from our cold-water trout ...

Crayfish, aka crawdads, are a staple of bass diets in fresh waters in most of the mid-Atlantic area. Other fish eat them, too, as discussed below, and some streams owe their trophy brown trout to a ...

Patagonia Inc., the outdoor apparel company, has launched a Simple Fly Fishing campaign designed to demystify fly fishing and make it more accessible. The centerpiece is Patagonia's Simple Fly Fishing ...

I’ve been visiting Crater Lake my entire life, as this iconic national park is only a few hours’ drive from my hometown of Glide. Despite dozens of trips there, the first sight of that massive crater ...

What do you picture when you think of fly fishing for trout? If your answer is casting a bug imitation that floats and then watching a fish rise to sip it off the surface, I’d say you fall in with the ...

"Go to water you know in the morning, explore new water mid-day, and go to water north of I-90 in the evening, so you can get home before midnight." "If there’s no hatch, a purple prince charming. You ...

The water is warm and algae blooms are a problem in some areas, but that hasn’t stopped anglers from catching elusive walleye at Salmon Falls Creek. It’s a nearly three-hour trek from Boise, but it’s ...

PINE CITY, Minn. — High summer. When the humidity can take a kink out of barbed wire and deer flies raise welts on your scalp, the best place to take refuge is a cool, flowing river. A fly rod and ...

Many fly-fishers are converts, meaning that we started with a traditional spinning outfit before deciding that throwing a lure or drowning a worm wasn't enough. While a lot of us grew up watching bass ...

When it comes to fly fishing, at least in Colorado, the majority of anglers are trout fishers. Although, I’m noting more long rods on area ponds and reservoirs than in years past. Not totally sure why ...