We are out here on the lower Niagara River in the month of December, and today we're looking for trout. We're going to be ...

There’s a lot to like about bass, but my favorite thing about them is their willingness to crush a topwater fly. They’re one of the most surface-oriented game fish – and, while trying to raise a fish ...

This fishing guide for beginner's details how to catch largemouth bass, by first identifying the species, learning where bass live and their behavior, choosing the right rod, reel, line, and lures to ...

I'm seeing it more and more. Fly gear inspired by the NFL, MLB, college football, music, and musicians. Is this a good thing, or pure capitalism in bad taste? I'm guilty of it. I'm a University of ...

• “Complex things are easy to do. Simplicity’s the real challenge.” -- Robert James Waller ...

After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 7th installment of a ten-part series ...

Wading streams with a fly rod in hand may be the most traditional approach to the sport, but floating rivers in a raft or driftboat, leisurely watching the scenery pass by, has its merits too. The ...

Arizona assistant coach Danny Gonzales has a word to describe the importance of special teams. “Erasers,” Gonzales calls his specialists. “They’re on the field to make up for mistakes that somebody ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.