In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

A guide with an artist’s temperament has a rare advantage. Living inside the landscape day after day deepens their ...

Two veteran captains share the durable reels, rods, and apparel that can actually survive a season of corrosive spray.

For somebody who keeps tabs on the best new fly-fishing gear, I still rely on plenty of old standbys. A Winston LTX I purchased 20-plus years ago, for example, is still my favorite 5-weight rod. When ...

The beauty of fly fishing is that we never “cap out”; there is always something to learn, appreciate, and strive for in our ...

Bristol Bay’s world class sport fishing draws visitors from thousands of miles away. It’s not only fishing that brings people to the area’s rivers and lakes – many come from far away to work in the ...

An Erie steelhead fly fishing guide wants to expand the horizons of those who seek these migrating fish each fall and winter. Karl Weixlmann, 62, has been guiding anglers for 28 years on various ...

Alberto Rey is pictured here standing in Canadaway Creek, which just happens to be right in his backyard. Rey has been running a successful steelhead fly-fishing guiding business on this creek for ...

Fly fishing guides won't likely tell you their real secrets to success right away (you've got to earn the privilege), but there's one tip they'll readily share, even with perfect strangers: Fly ...

Shaun Jeszenka is a fly-fishing guide and the owner of Frontier Anglers in Dillon, Montana. After starting as a seasonal guide, he gained experience until he was able to buy his own fly shop. To run ...