A week of fishing with conventional tackle anglers taught me some things that led to more success with a fly rod. The Niagara River is a great fishery full of smallmouth bass, Great Lakes steelhead, ...

I live in one of the most trout-rich states. Idaho is chock-full of blue-ribbon waters, and fly anglers descend upon them ­every spring. I like to target trout as much as the next guy, but I can only ...

Bass aren’t usually thought of as fly-rod fish. There’s an entry somewhere in the unwritten rulebook of fly fishing that says a fish has to be graceful or elegant to earn that designation, and those ...

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Like many bass anglers, John Deshauteurs has an abundance of specialized tackle. Rods with a broomstick-strength backbone and multi-gear reels that are engineering marvels. Tools to drop a jig into a ...

A canoe or kayak float may get fly flinging anglers into business with white bass. The float from Twin Bridges to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I can, I practice my casting-sometimes to get better, sometimes just for the feel of the line moving through the air. This is ...

Rigging up for bass? When it comes to stocking your kit, fly fishing guru Tom Rosenbauer says to keep it simple. An entry level (i.e. inexpensive), 9-foot, 8-weight will do just fine. A good quality ...

May 17. Fly Fishing Lessons 201, free, Orvis Retail Store, 2122 Hillsboro Drive. Call 615-383-5553 or visit orvis.com. May 16-22. National Safe Boating Week. May 22. Senior Bass Anglers Tournament, ...

ON THE ST. LOUIS RIVER -- Ouitdee Carson stands on the bow deck of his boat, scanning the St. Louis River. It's dusk on an evening in July. Carson, a Duluth fly-fishing guide, is looking for ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...