You want to ensure that you get the fly rod that will make you happy. It takes a little extra time and effort, but if you follow through with these steps, you can end up with a rod that is a best ...

For beginners and amateur anglers, walking into a tackle shop can feel like walking into a labyrinth. Rows of spinning rods. Reels in every size imaginable. Fly rods with four-digit price tags mounted ...

There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

I had specific expectations when I got this rod. It markets itself as a big streamer fly rod, and that's exactly how I planned to use it – throwing large squid-looking patterns for striped bass in ...

When I started fly fishing for trout, I was told to focus on making short, accurate casts. I think it was good advice, for the most part. On many trout rivers, the ability to cast a fly 40 feet is all ...

There are a lot of numbers in fly fishing, and some of the numbering may not make sense to the uninitiated—or to the initiated, for that matter. A higher number means a smaller hook, yet the opposite ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

Everett Banks, 8, gets a fly casting lesson Saturday from Caroline Lonon with Osage Fly Fshing during a fly fishing class at Tanyard Creek Park in Bella Vista. Students learned fly fishing basics such ...