Bass aren’t usually thought of as fly-rod fish. There’s an entry somewhere in the unwritten rulebook of fly fishing that says a fish has to be graceful or elegant to earn that designation, and those ...

Targeting bass during a mayfly hatch is a great way to generate big bites in the summer months. Starting in May and running through September, mayflies emerge all across North America. Usually ...

Low-light conditions are ideal for poppers. In direct sunlight, bass often hunker down to stay cool and hidden – but when the risk of exposure is lower, they’ll move into shallow water to feed. Cloudy ...

The doldrums of summer aren't quite here, which means the smallmouth bite is still on in most of the U.S. If your part of the country hasn't become too hot, then you can still catch smallmouth ...

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Bart Lombardo of Panfish on the Fly talks about frog imitations to catch bass and panfish during a fly tying reunion April 23 ...

If you haven’t tried chasing smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you’re in for a treat. These fish are... The post Your Go-To Fly ...

A big rock bass—at least where I grew up fishing in the Northeast—might weigh a .5-pound. (The current world record is 3 pounds.) Of all the places I’ve fished across the country, I’ve never had the ...

Cinder worms spawn annually on the surface and are a highly desirable food source for striped bass in the spring. Saltwater fly anglers wait anxiously for the event to start each year as that the mud ...

A canoe or kayak float may get fly flinging anglers into business with white bass. The float from Twin Bridges to ...