About six months ago I shared how one outdoors enthusiast was dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Gary Keisler, a self-employed salesman from Mount Pleasant, was tying flies and spending free ...

The Jurassic Flats Carp Clave is a gathering of carp-curious anglers and experienced fly fishermen in Boardman, Oregon. Anglers come for different reasons. Some have fished for trout all their lives ...

Although the cool, clear water of the autumn freestone stream was somewhat slower than it had been at the end of May, standing a few feet out into the head of a long pool that was overshadowed by the ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

There are two perceptions of common carp among anglers in the United States. One group believes that carp are dumb and that nothing could be easier than going after them. They believe that learning ...

It’s fall, my favorite time of the year. Why you might ask? If you live in an area that is dependent on tourism, school has started, and they’ve gone home. The air temperature has cooled off. In fact, ...

We fly-fishers really look forward to the fall, with its cool weather and big trout. But when it arrives, it races by at breakneck speed, or at least that’s how it seems to me. Once the streams begin ...

As our local freestone rivers begin to drop in volume, we need to add a bit of “stealth factor” to our fly presentations and techniques to remain successful. There are just as many fish in the ...

In this edition of The Evening Hatch: • Until you've experienced the sight-fishing challenge of targeting feeding carp, or trying to stop a ten-pound specimen on a blistering run with a 6-weight fly ...

If you’ve been casting flies on local streams lately, surely you’ve seen a few looks (followed by refusals) from those wary trout. When we see the fish refusing naturals in addition to our offerings, ...