A good fly reel will last a lifetime and help bring countless fish to hand. Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport ...

Snowdown brought out some of our local competitors to test their fly casting skills in a friendly event with male, female and ...

Do fly rod grips make a BIG difference in your casting? No, but the little difference it does make can equal that extra few feet that puts you in the fishes strike zone. I'm guilty of overlooking my ...

Matt Jordan, of Gnesen Township, rips his line across the water while demonstrating the technique of casting with a small spey rod. The annual Brule Spey Day is set for Sept. 9 with demonstrations, ...

Any angler who happened to see Matt Jordan on the Lester River on Tuesday afternoon might have wondered what he was doing. He appeared to be steelhead fishing. That much was true. But the way the ...

Not so long ago, most fly-fishers probably thought the only kind of rods that required two hands to cast were spinning or bait-casting rigs — and big ones, at that. A fly rod was cast with one hand, ...

I can remember the days when we got most of our information and entertainment from three TV networks, the car radio and the daily paper. Today, we have an awful lot of options, what with hundreds of ...