I use a shooting head fly line when I fish the surf, or large rivers where I know I'll be throwing streamers all day. Shooting heads are also a popular choice with the two-handed rod crowd.

If you haven't fly fished with any of the new fiberglass rods being built today, you are missing out. 'Glass' has a feel and rhythm to it that you won't find in ...

In all of these places, you can fish for trout year-round and purchase flies and lures at the many local fly and tackle shops in town. These are America’s top trout towns. Except for the eastern ...

Around Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, this type of water is ... of squid and feeding fish. When bass are keyed ...

Freestone rivers like the Eagle River mirror the frigid conditions filling the valley. Wherever the cold shuts sections down, ...

But if the fish does not refuse the fly and sucks it down into its gaping dark maw, that’s another thing. Now you got an eat, as the tarpon anglers say—and there are several types of eats.

Fly fishing waders are one of the most intimidating purchases an angler can make. They’re a critical safety element when fishing in lower temperatures and can make or break a day on the water. Even at ...

Dry Fly — A type of fly fishing lure that imitates insects that float on the water's surface. East Coast Fakeout — A move in the Sporting Dog Agility competition in which the handler makes a ...