“Oh, Sir, doubt not but that angling is an art. Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout that is more sharp-eyed than a hawk. The question is whether you be capable of ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

Past the feed mill. Past the old railroad sign. Past the spot where the macadam road turns to gravel and satellite radio fades out for good. The road ends in a turnaround. It's a spot where the gravel ...

After weeks of dry weather and low stream flows in the Chautauqua County tributary streams of Lake Erie, the much-anticipated ...

Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport and an art form that is partly based around making the act of fishing more ...

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.

Fly-fishing differs from bait or spin fishing in two respects. The fly is cast by the weight of the line, not the weight of the fly, which is usually very small. And the movement involved in casting ...

It was a quiet, cool fall day in Woody Creek. The valley wasstreaked with flaming yellow Aspen trees, the air hung with a crispweight, holding hints of winter in the air. In Aspen, the tourists ...

I got the chance to fly fish the confluence of Tobyhanna creek and the Lehigh River. It was a boy scout trip with six adults riding herd on eight scouts out to earn their fishing badges. I bought a ...