Hot weather makes trout fishing brutal this time of year. The trout are stressed from the higher water temps and decreased oxygen in the water. Don’t add to their stress by catching and releasing them ...

Fly fishing Indiana’s Lake Michigan coast for smallmouth bass is an adventure every serious bronzeback angler should experience. Indiana is home to about 40 miles of smallmouth rich lakeshore between ...

Summer can be cruel to a devout trout fisherman. I found that out during the relentless drought of 2016. By July, flows on the Farmington River—my home water in Connecticut—were reduced to a pathetic ...

I live in one of the most trout-rich states. Idaho is chock-full of blue-ribbon waters, and fly anglers descend upon them ­every spring. I like to target trout as much as the next guy, but I can only ...

A faction of eastern fly fishers who hang their hats on smallmouth bass cling to a small set of heroes. One of which is Bob Clouser. Most recognize Bob as the inventor of the ever famous Clouser ...

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 ...

If you don’t recognize the name Tim Holschlag, he is a professional smallmouth bass fisherman. He makes his living fishing for and communicating about smallmouth bass. After fishing one of my favorite ...

ON THE ST. LOUIS RIVER -- Ouitdee Carson stands on the bow deck of his boat, scanning the St. Louis River. It's dusk on an evening in July. Carson, a Duluth fly-fishing guide, is looking for ...

Smallmouth bass are pound-for-pound one of the hardest-fighting fish you can catch, and now is a great time to do so. If I could only catch one more fish in my life, I’d want it to be a smallmouth ...

State and university researchers have documented declines in native redband trout in the Washington reach of the upper Spokane River that have resulted in more consideration for flows out of Upriver ...

A faction of eastern fly fishers who hang their hats on smallmouth bass cling to a small set of heroes. One of which is Bob Clouser. Most recognize Bob as the inventor of the ever famous Clouser ...