When fish are tuned into bugs, too aggressive of a chug can scare them faster than attract them, especially in clear water.

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Fly fishing for bream is great fun, and an innovative double fly rig is deadly on the panfish. "I guarantee it will work for you," says avid fly angler Mike McQuiston, who fishes the St. Johns River ...

It wasn’t too long ago that my springs were spent on the waters of Harvey Gap and Rifle Gap reservoirs on the outskirts of Rifle, pursuing smallmouth bass with a fly pole. I say pole because rod seems ...

Any angler who claims he or she doesn’t love a good surface take is a liar. It doesn’t matter if it’s a trout rising to sip a caddis fly or a striper boiling on a Spook in the back of a wave, topwater ...

The first time I wandered into a fly shop on my own, I had no idea where to begin. I had been fly fishing before, but always on a boat and with the help of a partner or friends. Being alone—and ...