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.

Fly fishing experts share techniques for catching trout, bass, and crappie in Pennsylvania, including Euro nymphing and streamers.

A recent visit home for my mother’s birthday gave me a chance to exercise my inner child while fly fishing in a variety of ...

During summer, the drill for catching black bass is early to rise or late to bed. Brian Keel finds success kayaking and flyfishing the Colorado River in Texas. Chances of catching fish are the best ...

I live in one of the most trout-rich states. Idaho is chock-full of blue-ribbon waters, and fly anglers descend upon them ­every spring. I like to target trout as much as the next guy, but I can only ...

Could be the most exciting way to catch a mess of white bass is by fly fishing. It's white bass spawning time up the White and War Eagle rivers, the main tributaries of Beaver Lake. Fly rod toting ...

Kevin Kurz used his fly rod to whip a streamer over his head several times, then laid it perfectly in the shade of branches hanging over the water. The fly started to sink ... but it didn’t get far. A ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago, I was fishing a steelhead river on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. At the end of the day, in a gravel parking lot, I got to talking with an angler visiting from the East Coast. I ...