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 ...

What flies are working? This is the question that you hear most on the stream, talking to other anglers, and definitely in every fly shop. The answer is not an easy one, as it changes month to month, ...

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

As seasoned fishermen know, tailoring your fly box to the region and river you are fishing is important when angling for trout. Trout’s feeding habits change throughout the year and can be affected by ...

Landis Sampsel had never tied a fly when his mother, Karrie, bought him a fly fishing kit for $30. Since that Christmas in 2021, Landis has tied thousands of flies, some of which he’s sold, and earned ...

What’s the best way to catch a fish: impressionism or realism? A new book, “The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies” (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $22.50) by writer and angler Ian Whitelaw, charts the ...