Do you tie your lures and flies on with a loop knot? If you answered no, don’t fret. I can’t tell you how many anglers I’ve met that don’t incorporate a loop knot into their repertoire of ties. I ...

Do you tie perfect fishing knots every time? If this sounds like a silly question, then you probably can count yourself among the relatively small number of anglers who truly understands the attention ...

A North Idaho angler has tied up the top spot in a national competition for new fishing knots. The Fish-N-Fool knot, devised by Rick Lawrence of Spirit Lake, was declared the season winner last week ...

Fluorocarbon trout leaders are designed to be stiff, abrasion-resistant, and quick-sinking. The underwater visibility of fluoro is also much lower than that of mono, and it’s generally stronger and ...

Anglers tend to focus on the portion of their fishing tackle that comes into direct contact with the fish: hooks, artificial lures, flies. Narrowing it down still more, the point of the hook. It does ...

Monofilament and fluorocarbon line look identical side by side. In fact, unless you are a seasoned angler, you’d be hard-pressed to feel the difference between the two when casting, working lures, or ...

It used to be the only question about fishing line was "Stren or Trilene?" The two popular types of mono were thought to cover all fishing situations. That's no longer the case as bass anglers have ...

It seems that I must have blinked and our ice fishing season disappeared that quickly. It’s a tough break for those guides and tackle and bait dealers who were counting on a much longer season. That ...