His old hands still knew the language of the river and streams he regularly fished in the foothills of the Appalachians.

Lahontan cutthroat trout was thought extinct, but like Lazurus rose again ...

This fly has demonstrated its effectiveness with the *Santa Cruz River steelhead in Argentina for a few years. These steelhead trout entering the Atlantic Ocean have become an obsession for any fly ...

The old internet was not perfect, but it was remarkably useful. An angler could find serious instruction on tarpon, trout, bonefish, bass, and nearly everything else that swims. The International Game ...

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]IO Products is a difficult company to ignore, dislike, or criticize for lack of ingenuity and product development. It’s been that way since I ...

The double haul seems counterintuitive once you realize it makes it easy to load the fly rod beyond pure muscle. It’s so simple to practice, and catching on quickly is rewarding. To cast using the ...

The predator fly and attractor fly patterns have no family. But they are related to each other like orphans would be; they are all very different. No John Doe is tied to the first predator pattern, ...

In the late 1960s in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Gibsonia, a dentist and his school teacher wife opened the very first dedicated outdoor destination travel agency, and did so with a passion and a gusto of ...

Wild Urban Adventures, a leading fly-tying company from Minnesota, is at the forefront of a quiet revolution: spin fishers across the Upper Midwest are increasingly adopting tube flies. Independent ...

Academically knowing what trout eat mostly means little if you don’t know how to cast, fish a fly, or choose when and where to fish. Mastering these practical skills is essential if you want fly ...

This article is one of a pair of stories about the Skagit River and the federal process to relicense three major hydroelectric dams along its length. Read the companion story here . . . by Rico Moore ...

I used natural defenses to distance myself from the reality of being a poor spinner of deer hair: avoid tying flies using deer hair, telling myself that shitty looking flies didn’t matter to ...