It was just about a perfect evening by the old pond. The lily pads extended out to about 10 or 15 feet from the shore in an uneven outline with many circle-like openings within them that seemed to be ...

Any angler who claims he or she doesn’t love a good surface take is a liar. It doesn’t matter if it’s a trout rising to sip a caddis fly or a striper boiling on a Spook in the back of a wave, topwater ...

The small deer hair and feather popper landed perfectly a few inches from the weeds. I had cast parallel to a weed line in the cove near the Fall River Rod and Gun club. I let it sit for just a few ...

Are the Dogwood or Magnolia trees in your state in bloom? That's a good sign that the bass are becoming active. Spring and topwater action for bass go hand in hand. Here's a how-to to get you started.

Don’t tell my bass club mentors, my editors or my colleagues on the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, but I’ve been cheating on my first love for five years, and I don’t intend to ...

Rigging up for bass? When it comes to stocking your kit, fly fishing guru Tom Rosenbauer says to keep it simple. An entry level (i.e. inexpensive), 9-foot, 8-weight will do just fine. A good quality ...

Fly fishing for bream is great fun, and an innovative double fly rig is deadly on the panfish. "I guarantee it will work for you," says avid fly angler Mike McQuiston, who fishes the St. Johns River ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — We'll head to the fly shop of Tom Lienhard to watch him tie up a bass popper.

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 ...

It's no-frills fishing when Daniel Roberts heads to the river to catch smallmouth bass. There's no kayak, no paddle, no need to shuttle a vehicle. On the water, he doesn't burn a drop of gas or tote a ...