Successful nymphing starts with your setup. A two-fly nymph rig is often the way to go – it allows you to cover a wider range of the water column, and it adds variety to your patterns. I’ll typically ...

Night fishing for brown trout is often your best shot at the biggest fish in the river. Here’s where they feed and how to catch them after dark. For most of us, fly fishing is a visual sport. We take ...

The Mayfly Project connects foster children with mentors to teach fly fishing and outdoor skills in Pennsylvania.

Father’s Day makes for a great excuse to get dad out on the water. That the holiday is in the middle of June—arguably the best fishing month of the year—makes it all even better. Tarpon and bonefish ...

Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It’s a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...

When did fly fishing get so complex? It seems like just the other day I went fly fishing with just a fly rod, a box of flies, ...

While picking up mail at the post office recently, I crossed paths with a local fly fishing acquaintance and stopped to chat.

There is a persistent myth in fly fishing circles the sport belongs to trout, and the anglers who pursue them in cold, clear ...

When it comes to destinations in the American Midwest, don't sleep on Indiana. While neighboring Michigan may have national parks full of sand-dune surfing, shipwreck tours, and scenic trails, the ...