DECKERS - On a drizzly May afternoon, I hurled the gaudy streamer through the air, 50 feet across the river, with the help of an 11-foot, two-handed fly rod. This ...

Immortalized in fiction like Chris Santella's "Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die" and films like "A River Runs Through It" fly fishing is one of the world's most popular methods in the sport ...

Mike Price was on the Salmon River water at first light Tuesday morning, eager to take advantage of the season opener for the fly-fishing-only, catch-and-release section. Price, 29, of Pulaski ...

This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards, the Au Sable River also was No. 1 in the the U.S.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources stocked the South River at Basic Park with Trout. “Adults can assist with fishing, but it is a youth-only area,” Fishers Manager for the DWR ...

Shane Michael of Denver hauls in an 8-pound carp caught in the South Platte River downtown. Michael took up fly-fishing for carp in May and now calls it his "favorite thing in the world." Photos ...

Viroqua, Wisconsin. Three hours south of the Twin Cities and three hours west of Milwaukee is Viroqua, Wisconsin, known for some of the best angler fishing in the world.With over 250 miles of ...

Few can speak about the river with Lyon’s authority. He recently penned “Fly Fishing Guide to the Battenkill” — out this summer — condensing his decades of knowledge into book form.

Most new anglers who try fly-fishing can be intimidated, partly because of the 1992 film A River Runs Through It, which made the fly rod seem like Brad Pitt's magic wand.

Shenandoah River. The main tributary of the Potomac, the Shenandoah River is one of the premier rivers for smallmouth bass in the Eastern U.S. and among the top rated fly fishing rivers in the ...