The most joy I receive from fly fishing comes via small streams. I have had the good fortune to fly fish in lots of places for a big water and fish experience, and I have enjoyed every one. But, the ...

Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for fly fishing films, spawned new guide services, turned previously unknown ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...

I couldn’t, in good conscience, make the claim that Eastern fly fishermen are better at catching trout than Western fly anglers. When you really break it down, you can either present a nymph, dry, or ...

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. — With more than 300 days of sunshine a year, getting out on one of the rivers in the Yakima Valley is a fun way to spend the day. You can raft, paddle, float, or try your hand at ...

Casting a limber fly rod is the only way to get a fish on the line for lots of anglers. Yet there are hold outs who think fly fishing is difficult, expensive and some kind of elite angling sport.