There are few pleasures in the sport of fishing that can match that of taking trout, bass, bluegill or other fish on a fly of your own creation. On cold winter evenings with a bitter wind rattling the ...

Layne Smith is a fly-tying encyclopedia. Mention just about any fly and "Smitty," as he is known to fly-fishers throughout the bay area, can show you how to tie it. Saltwater, freshwater, warm water, ...

TWIN FALLS — While hooks are not as easy to burn as soufflé, learning to tie flies is similar to learning how to cook, local experts say. It’s five minutes for the basics, a lifetime to master. With ...

Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...

Not all — there are exceptions — but many love to break the sport down and silo the tools and tactics within it into those ...

and reel, fresh line, and a premium, quality hook, but in most fishing scenarios, none of that matters if you can’t tie a good knot. So many things can go wrong during a fish fight, but quite often, ...

Put something in front of a panfish that looks more like what they normally eat and you often don't need bait. Panfish live in a wonderful underwater world. A world that consists of plants, wood, sand ...

Tying flies is fun, relaxing and can keep you inside and warm on a cold windy day. This is an example of a carp fly I tie to mimic a cottonwood seed. During that time of the year when cottonwood seed ...

It’s deer season, and that means along with time on the stand, tenderloins on the grill and racks on the wall, as a result of ...

What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

Bluegill are probably one of my favorite kinds of fish. They are relatively easy to catch, super fighters and downright good table fare. My Grandma used to want the bluegill, if we were lucky enough ...