Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly ...

You don’t need to change your setup to try fishing soft hackles. If you are mainly into fishing dry flies, you would need to change very little except for the fly to fish a soft hackle.

For nearly a decade, we have been researching human interactions with wild trout and salmon in the context of fly fishing. We ...

The exhibit around the Jock Scott dressed salmon fly and the feathers used to make it are part of the “Time Flies” fly-fishing exhibit at Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles as part of the ...

Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for fly fishing films, spawned new guide services, turned previously unknown ...

A 5wt fly rod is perfect for trout fishing just about anywhere. (Photo: Oleg Jeremin from Pixabay) The Best Rod Weight for Trout: 5. A 9-foot, 5-weight rod is often called the classic all-around ...

Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It's a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...

Hatch' is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully ...

Fly fishing for coarse species is growing in popularity all over the world, especially here in the UK. Once thought of solely as a method for catching trout and salmon, it has now been adopted and ...

Anglers that found Chinook salmon caught them at Big Sauble Point and northwest of the harbor in 100 to 180 feet of water when fishing 30 to 60 feet down with spoons, meat rigs and flasher fly combos.

Pleasant Gap. Landis Sampsel had never tied a fly when his mother, Karrie, bought him a fly fishing kit for $30. Since that Christmas in 2021, Landis has tied thousands of flies, some of which he ...

Traditionally, fly fishing was the realm of people targeting fish such as trout or salmon, but fly anglers these days target everything from trout to bass, pike and walleye, using flies that ...