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 ...

TRAVERSE CITY — People used to poke fun at Dave McCool because he likes to fish for carp with a fly rod. Carp, after all, are reviled by many anglers in the United States, thought of as a rough, ...

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 ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

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 ...

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 ...