Tom Meier calls it "fly fishing at its simplest." "It just involves a rod, a line and a fly - no reel," he said. "As for the fly, the Japanese masters only use one pattern. I'm working on that." Meier ...

Step back in time ten years or so and fly fishing for carp was exploding. It became so popular that it served as fodder for ...

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Call it a wish list, a candy store for the pros, or perhaps a three-casting-ring circus, but the just-concluded International Fly Tackle Dealer Show is sure to have an influence on fly-fishermen ...

Learning to fly cast isn’t about more fishing—it’s about better practice. Here's a simple program to follow that will have ...

Famed fly fishing writer John Gierach once wrote a book called Standing in a River Waving a Stick. Well, fly fishing looks a lot like that. And the stick in question is a fly rod. It’s the rod that ...

When we wrote about the Sage Circa ($775) for our fly rod roundup last spring, we hadn’t yet tested it in depth. Our trip to Scarp Ridge Lodge in Crested Butte, CO, provided the opportunity to take ...

I was casting a 6-weight all night, and I just couldn’t get my line to lay out in the 20 mph wind. In fact, it was so windy we had to spot-lock the bow of the flats boat in the opposite direction and ...

If you’re anything like me, fishing is more than a pastime—it’s practically a way of life. Whether it’s a... The post Fly ...

Like many bass anglers, John Deshauteurs has an abundance of specialized tackle. Rods with a broomstick-strength backbone and multi-gear reels that are engineering marvels. Tools to drop a jig into a ...