Like many bass anglers, John Deshauteurs has an abundance of specialized tackle. Rods with a broomstick-strength backbone and multi-gear reels that are engineering marvels. Tools to drop a jig into a ...

Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport and an art form that is partly based around making the act of fishing more ...

Recently, I spent a week fly fishing the Niagara River with a group of twenty other anglers spread out in ten boats. I was the only fly angler. The Niagara River is a great fishery full of smallmouth ...

I was standing in the fly fishing section of the venerable L.L. Bean store in Freeport, Maine, trying to gauge the action of an 8-weight fly rod when a man sidled up to me and whispered in a ...

It was a cold and blustery day on Chesapeake Bay when Capt. Tom Weaver of Annapolis met his client Rob Cochrane for a charter trip targeting striped bass on Dec. 30. They putted out of the marina in ...

Fly reels for trout fishing serve two main roles: To hold your fly line and backing and to have a drag capable of tiring out a fish during a fight. Pairing the right reel with your fly rod will help ...

Simply stated, the most consistently good inshore saltwater fly fishing available in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia is for red drum. And with big autumn tides pushed by giant storms like ...

Cost: General admission fee is $45, including meal. Attendees are allowed to fish a half-mile private stretch of the North St. Vrain Creek (Colorado fishing license required, and bring your own ...

Over the past year, I’ve navigated multiple airports with fly-fishing gear. Fly rods aren’t designed for baggage handlers, ...