It's the off-season for most of us in the United States, but that doesn't mean your fly fishing progress should shut down until the Spring. Think of it like sports: you are the athlete, and you can ...

Ice fishermen have it easy. All they have to do is find a frozen pond, drill a few holes and drop a jig between their toes from a rod no longer than their arm. Basically, it’s a slam dunk. Now that ...

They were casting on a soccer pitch that was covered in clover, honing their skills to be used on future trips to the Brule for trout, or the Cloquet for smallmouth bass or maybe a little Douglas ...

Members of the Chicago Anglers and Casting Club competed in the 96th annual National Casting Tournament in Lexington, Ky., winning six medals. Jim Chapralis won two golds, one in the Single-Hand ...

When I started fly fishing for trout, I was told to focus on making short, accurate casts. I think it was good advice, for the most part. On many trout rivers, the ability to cast a fly 40 feet is all ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. If one is aiming to make the longest cast with a fly rod in American history, the best attempts to make the record book are usually the first two casts. On every succeeding cast, the ...

Those of us interested in improving our fly casting technique would do well to go along to Beamish Lakes on July 4 when Hywell Morgan, the world distance casting champion will give a display of ...

Maxine McCormick, a modest and poised 15-year-old prodigy, has already learned to take her best lessons from her worst experience – losing. McCormick, a sophomore at Cleveland High School, holds the ...