Fly fishing doesn’t come naturally to most people. Some may pick up the skills faster, but everyone has to work at it. And it is not just the casting, if you look deeper into fly fishing you will see ...

They were casting on a soccer pitch that was covered in clover, honing their skills to be used on future trips to the Brule for trout, or the Cloquet for smallmouth bass or maybe a little Douglas ...

So far this winter, I’ve re-read three John Gierach books, spent way too much time surfing YouTube for fishing videos, taught myself to tie the Tommy Lynch Drunk and Disorderly streamer, and ...

"'Presentation is everything.' No wiser words were told to me early in my fly fishing learning curve. It's a fact, the fly angler who is skilled in the presentation of his fly will catch more fish." ...

The last few times I traveled to the South Platte River at Deckers I left my favorite one-hand fly rod at home on purpose. It’s the perfect rod for the midge hatches that sometime occur on sunny ...

Worried, even scared, they wade into the flowing stream, often supported by someone who makes sure they don’t fall. They reach their rod back; they cast the line forward, as they have been taught, as ...

The Waynesville Parks & Recreation Department will host instructors from the Cataloochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited conducting an Introduction to Fly Fishing Class, on three evenings in ...

In his story “The Angler,” author Washington Irving found inspiration from an old fisherman, writing, “There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a gentleness of spirit and a pure ...

Continued from Part 1: Fly Fishing Lessons: What Is Presentation and How It Helps You Catch More Fish? If you want to consistently catch fish, you have to understand what "good presentation" means in ...