He stood cold in the gathering dawn, peering deep into the chilled flowing water. A sudden shiver ran through him, partly from the fresh winter wind and partly from the thrill he felt every time he came back to this secluded little stream. He had looked forward to this day for so long; indeed, the …...

In Florida you’ll find many species of fish – redfish, snook, seatrout, tarpon, snapper, moonfish, jacks – it’s a long list. When you’re traveling, you often don’t have room to bring a ton of tackle. I hope the list below reflects an exercise in minimalism for Florida inshore saltwater flies. Regardless of where you...

The Potomac stretches nearly 400 miles from Pennsylvania to the Chesapeake Bay. The Potomac River has been called “America’s River,” and with good reason. The nation was birthed on its banks, and its waters remain the lifeblood of the nation’s capital to this day. Named after the Indians who lived on its banks, the Potomac...

Techniques There are many ways to catch a striped bass on a fly, but not every way works year-round. If you can figure out four different ways to target these fish, and master the cast, strip, and mechanics, you will be successful. The four different techniques needed are: a surface or topwater approach, a subsurface …...

So long as I have a mind that thinks and a heart that loves, I will remember my brother Gary and the little creek valley that bore our footprints for a brief time when we were young. We were transients moving from one epoch in life to another, but the little stream and the woods …...

Alabama anglers can now catch a ‘different’ kind of trout. When talking to people on the Alabama coast, “catching trout” refers to “seatrout,” commonly called speckled trout or their white trout cousins. Not native to Alabama, rainbow trout can’t handle sweltering Alabama summers and swift, frigid, rocky streams are hard to...

“I wanted to believe it, just as I wanted to hurry, to finally find the truth for myself. But even more, I wanted to fish . . . ” It tumbles off the east face of Big Back Mountain, leaping and flowing down its rocky course as it has for eons. Dad and I had …...

  If you want to experience what may be the ultimate in humbling outdoor activities, consider fly fishing for big tarpon. Unless the hand of God intervenes in the form of incredibly good luck, you need to have clean water, good light, and a clear sky so you can see the fish, light winds so …...