Fly fishing can be an intimidating approach to angling. After all, we are not really enticing fish to eat with a food source such as bait. Rather, we are mimicking a natural food source and doing what ...
It’s best to know a thing or two about saltwater fly-fishing before you find yourself staring down a bonefish or tarpon. Orvis’ angling expert tells us how. Maybe you’ve caught plenty of trout and are ...
When fly fishers reach out beyond their comfort zone and embrace saltwater fly fishing, there are numerous saltwater specific rods and reels from which to select. Fly rods are usually fast action, ...
Here’s everything you need to know about fly-fishing the rest of the season, from waking up early to beat the heat to the best areas to catch fish. The dog days of summer can wreck a trout fisherman.
"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning ...
Fly fishing is different enough from regular fishing to warrant its own category. It’s a level-up, and it adds a degree of difficulty in a variety of ways. Some people relish the challenge, while ...
Trout fishing is all about rivers and streams. There are enough productive rivers in the United States to last even the most prolific trout bum several fly fishing lifetimes – which is likely why very ...
Every fly fisherman I’ve ever known has wrestled with heavy vest syndrome at one time or another. Me too. I used to carry a warehouse worth of accessories, accoutrements, gimmicks and gadgets capable ...
For many anglers, the winter months are spent tying flies, patching waders and dreaming about the first hatch of spring. But with the right gear – and mindset – angling can carry through the cold ...
Back in January, myself, a fishing buddy, and our wives, visited the Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas for a DIY fly fishing trip. It was my first time to the Bahamas, and because I was trying to do it ...