There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

Nobody knows for sure, but there are probably more than 1,000 fly patterns used for fishing in saltwater. You may have a favorite fly that caught a half dozen fish Monday, but after a cold front, that ...

A close second would be, “What (or how many) fly patterns do I need to have to be successful most of the time? Those are both valid queries, and ones which reflect the quintessence of fly-fishing. On ...

In preparation for a sacred day in the lives of many Northern Michigan outdoors people — that being opening day of trout season on April 28 — I asked several local fly fishing fanatics what six flies ...

It’s never too early to prepare your winter fly box. Here are some of our don’t-leave-home-without fly patterns for the coming season: Akin to Charlie Craven’s Two-Bit Hooker, this Dream Cast pattern ...

Lack of rain, high temperatures and low water levels have spawned a bloom in the Susquehanna River, and it’s not pretty for anglers. Think weeds. Think green slim. Think gobs of green goop on the line ...