In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

With its many streams traversing the woodlands and hills of Central Pennsylvania, the region offers countless opportunities ...

Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

If you're interested in taking your fishing game beyond just using any old rod with a worm, you need to look at specific ...

A few months ago, I wrote two articles on Presentation—the skill of putting a fly in front of a fish in a way that makes it eat. This article sits in the same wheelhouse, but from a different angle.

Fly fishing Silver Bow Fly Shop says fishing has been very good on the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River this past weekend. It is still a nymph and/or streamer game, but winter stones like ...

The Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear (GRHE) fly pattern is one of the most popular and versatile fishing flies ever produced ...

For over 30 years, anglers, fly-fishers and those looking to get into fishing will have a chance to learn and shop from regional outfitters. The East Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo returns to ...

As I write this, I am fully aware that this could be "much ado about nothing." I'm only telling you what I heard when I was a young angler, and then what happened on a river years later. I'm not the ...

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On the Okavango River in Africa, I search for tigerfish, navigating hippos, bird-filled channels, and the kind of strikes that can yank your fly rod out of your hands.