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 ...

Bluegills, the ubiquitous catch of most anglers across the United States. Found from border to border, from puddles and ponds to great lakes and rivers, the fish thrive wherever they swim. Their ...

Want to pick up fly fishing? Rig up and head out this May for spawning bluegills in Northern Michigan. May is a month of bounty. Asparagus is shooting up, flowers are blooming and morels are hiding ...

Summertime bluegill fishing is as American as apple pie, hot dogs and baseball. However, some folks dismiss or look down on bluegill fishing. Well, here are eight reasons for you to consider catching ...

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning starter ...

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. -- All that was missing was the music, the deep and ominous intonations that signaled a shark attack in the classic fish flick "Jaws." Of course, when you're in a boat tucked ...

I wish I had discovered fly fishing when I was a kid. I spent hours collecting grasshoppers and tossing them into Louisiana ponds, bayous and lakes, just to watch mostly bluegill and bass peck them ...

Bluegill fishing is another rite of spring along with shad and shallow water bass fishing. This is easy fishing that provides lots of action with fly or spinning tackle. It’s also a great opportunity ...

In this edition of The Morning Hatch: - Whenever Tom Rosenbauer and Orvis put out a podcast, you should listen. - Podcast: Secrets of an Award-Winning Fly-Fishing Guide - I can’t imagine I’m the only ...

SAMBURG, Tenn. – As we troll past a couple of the 200-year-old cypress trees that dot northwest Tennessee’s Reelfoot Lake, Alan Clemons gets a whiff of his childhood. It's a hint of stale sweetness, ...