"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning ...

Going after heavyweight striped bass at Beaver Lake is a challenge for any angler. The ultimate test is catching these finned torpedoes with a fly rod. A striper weighing in the range of 20 pounds is ...

Being from New England I had never experienced freshwater striped bass fishing. All of my knowledge and experience was from the salty waters of Cape Cod. However, after six years on Southeastern ...

Ask Ed Lombardo about the best striped bass he’s ever caught on a flyrod and you can almost hear the snapshots of moments clattering through his memory. The stories generally all start in the same ...

Late last month a professional videographer obsessed with striped bass went out with an East Tennessee fly-fishing guide in hopes of landing his first striper on the fly. With cameras rolling, the ...

Char can get big, but more impressive is their rich coloring. From giant Arctic Char to small native brookies, they resemble living paintings. Arctic char in Alaska can get big. My biggest to date on ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jerry Darkes is a noted local fly fishing master, an expert fly tier and author, and travels the Great Lakes for trout, resulting in his recent book, the colorful “Essential Flies ...