Fly South in Nashville is launching their fly tying classes for 2011. March 19th Troy Basso will hold a tying class for smallmouth bass flies. Basso has 10 original patterns being marketed by ...
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Your Go-To Fly Patterns for Smallmouth Bass

If you haven’t tried chasing smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you’re in for a treat. These fish are the perfect mix of power ...
On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...
Few flies are as ubiquitously potent as the Clouser Minnow. Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended.
Editor's note: This article is the third in a three-part series. As flies go, the red-and-white Lefty's deceiverlike pattern I had tied one recent evening sure wouldn't have won any awards. It wasn't ...
Taking advantage of the wealth of world-famous, fly-fishing streams in the Cumberland Valley, the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum Association has moved its collection from the banks of the Yellow ...
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A lot of angers get overwhelmed when searching for the best bass flies. They see the staggering number of soft plastics, jigs, and other baits used by the conventional crowd and think they have to ...
ST. CLAIR - Anthony J. Mulé is 18 years old, and he already has his future mapped out. That's not necessarily rare in someone so young, but the senior at St. Clair High School is making his dream ...
A Germantown, N.Y., resident has tied a state fishing record, catching an 8 lb. 4 oz. smallmouth bass in the Thousand Islands Region, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.