Unlike bass, which are largely reactive eaters, trout are very specific about what they eat and when they'll eat it. That's why an indolent trout will ignore every nymph in your fly box no matter how ...

There’s no official fly-tying season, but if there was it would be in the depths of winter. The image of a fly tier hunched over their fly-tying vise on a cold winter’s night is about as romantic as ...

The new fly-fishing catalogs started showing up at my house a few weeks ago. I had gotten Cabela’s, L.L. Bean, Orvis, my favorite, Kaufmanns’ Streamborn; and about another 50 pounds of others. It was ...

SHELBURNE FALLS -- The Deerfield River Trout Unlimited chapter will hear from a retired design engineer who has perfected the art of tying tiny flies to use with lightweight rods. Bob Gancarz of ...

It’s 7 p.m. Wednesday and as the wind howls across Fort Collins, a crowd forms around the table of Rick Takahashi. The half-dozen anglers from Northern Colorado huddle around Takahashi, watching in ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

I've written about football heroes for the past five decades. Heisman Trophy winners like Billy Sims and Barry Sanders, and volumes on Darren McFadden, a near-miss Heisman winner. Great coaches and ...

The good news is the trout opener is a mere 76 days off and the bad news is, I’m going batty waiting to wet a line in a stream in search of a native. I can’t afford to fly to some exotic destination; ...