BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

Kelson Hickman, 13, of Great Falls caught this 37 1 / 2-inch, 14-pound Northern Pike on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Pishkun Reservoir. He was using a 6 weight St. Croix fly rod on 5X mono tippet with a fly ...

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

After mowing the lawn, putting in some of the garden and scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom floors, I decided that I needed to go fishing. I really didn't have the time or the yen to go to the Bighorn ...

Anglers who follow the calendar, yearning for the next fly-fishing challenge, look ahead to ice off. When the ice thins and begins to recede on lakes and reservoirs, fly fishers get first shots at ...

If you ask a die-hard fly angler if they have a “pet rod,” a special fly rod for a specific purpose, most will confess. Some hold dear custom dry fly rods, while others gain pride from owning salt ...

On the Bighorn, Diesel was stripping the big fly back to shore when he saw the shadow of a fish in pursuit of the minnow-looking streamer. With only about 3 feet of fly line dangling from the end of ...

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Dec. 6—BEMIDJI — Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.