will sometimes do, eyeballing the rubber-legged popper as it drifted along the edge of a grass bed. I followed with the rod tip. You can’t rush fishing like this. You shouldn’t rush anything, in fact, ...

Four years ago, I wrote a column about fly-fishing for smallmouth bass on the John Day River in Oregon. I mention this because some of you may actually be able to remember something that happened ...

Fly fishing for bream is great fun, and an innovative double fly rig is deadly on the panfish. "I guarantee it will work for you," says avid fly angler Mike McQuiston, who fishes the St. Johns River ...

It was just about a perfect evening by the old pond. Lily pads extended out 10-to-15 feet from the shore in an uneven outline with many circle-like openings within them that seemed to be perfect ...

Rigging up for bass? When it comes to stocking your kit, fly fishing guru Tom Rosenbauer says to keep it simple. An entry level (i.e. inexpensive), 9-foot, 8-weight will do just fine. A good quality ...

The classic hair popper is as much a work of art as it is a lethal fish catcher. Courtesy of Brandon Bailes Surface flies made of tightly-spun deer belly hair have been catching bass for more than a ...

Recently two good friends, from Texas, invited my friend Sam and me to come to Texas to dove hunt and fly fish. Our invitation had us staying at the ranch of one friend where we would tune up for the ...

We coached separate teams down there, saw one another during and after games, compared notes, umpires, coaches, idiot parents; whose teams were breaking up, who had a good catcher, pitcher, etc., that ...

I have to warn you, as a travel story, this thing probably falls short. There’s no service angle, no timely peg. No advice, tips, checklists, “if you go”, etc. I’m not selling anything, except maybe a ...

The fish took its own sweet time, as smallmouth bass will sometimes do, eyeballing the rubber-legged popper as it drifted along the edge of a grass bed. I followed with the rod tip. You can’t rush ...