There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

It's the off-season for most of us in the United States, but that doesn't mean your fly fishing progress should shut down until the Spring. Think of it like sports: you are the athlete, and you can ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

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This is a true story of the greatest and weirdest fly-fishing cast and catch I have ever seen. It happened back in 1996. No, it’s not me who made that catch. I am 75 years old and grew up fishing in ...

I stood in thigh-deep water, rain jacket zipped over borrowed waders, casting a fly rod repetitively across the Pemigewasset River in North Woodstock. A hard rain from the gray sky couldn’t spoil the ...

A day redfishing Florida's Space Coast revealed how modern fiberglass rods load quickly, cast short and accurately, and still handle real-world distance.

Picture this: It’s 8:30 on a crisp September morning in the Great Smoky Mountains, and I’m about to step into a pair of chest-high waders for the very first time. My hands are trembling slightly—not ...

For some reason you received a new fly rod, reel, line, leaders and some flies for Christmas. You received these items because you either asked for them or a friend or significant other wants to drive ...

The International Fly Fishing Film Festival’s movie selection will take viewers to over 200 locations worldwide from the ...