I have been asked many times, what is the best trout fly. My answer is, there isn’t an “all around best trout fly”. There are ...

Fly fishing overtook cycling in 2019 when she was faced with a choice: go to a race or head to Belize and fly fish. Fishing won out, and since then Rodger has been focused on it and her career as ...

While waiting in an airport bar to have my passport returned from the authorities, I was introduced to fellow countryman, Bomber Jim. The rest of us know him as Jim Lawley, a lifelong friend of Salar, ...

The Dog Days timeframe, for Tom Lounsbury, runs from the beginning of July to mid-September and is when he truly enjoys ...

If you do one thing today, reward yourself with this twenty-minute film of fly fishing bliss from Simms Fishing.

Hatch' is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, informative, and entertaining.

Time Flies — a game in which players step into the shoes (er, wings?) of a common housefly with a brief lifespan and a long ...

This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards, the Au Sable River also was No. 1 in the the U.S.

The USDA has said the flies have been detected as close as 700 miles (1,127 kilometers) from the U.S. border, and some U.S. agriculture and cattle industry officials have worried that if the ...

If you already fish dry flies and nymphs, you likely have the perfect outfit already. Your reel is also likely loaded with floating fly line. That’s OK, too.

House flies are highly attracted to manure, and can often be found around farms. They generally stay within a mile or two of their birthplace, but they have been known to travel up to 20 miles.

That said, these waders are ideal for anglers who go on a few trips a year or are just starting out in fly fishing. People who spend 100-plus days on the water should opt for higher-end waders ...