A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

You will have an opportunity to flail and, with practice, prevail on Aug. 9 when the Santiam Flycasters holds its annual Fly Casting Clinic. There is no charge to ...

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 ...

Continued from Part 1: Fly Fishing Lessons: What Is Presentation and How It Helps You Catch More Fish? If you want to consistently catch fish, you have to understand what "good presentation" means in ...

"'Presentation is everything.' No wiser words were told to me early in my fly fishing learning curve. It's a fact, the fly angler who is skilled in the presentation of his fly will catch more fish." ...

The day is filled with lessons in tying tippit (the end of the line on a fly rod), casting and tying on flies. While fly-fishing basics may sound simple, in reality they’re quite complex. Just ...

Back in the 1960s, when Armando Bernasconi first walked past the three sparkling blue pools tucked away in Golden Gate Park, he thought he had found a swimming spot that just never had any swimmers.

In his story “The Angler,” author Washington Irving found inspiration from an old fisherman, writing, “There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a gentleness of spirit and a pure ...

July 25: Fly Casting Lessons, free, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., FFA certified fly casting instructors Peter Alves and Dan Pribanic, Chagrin River Outfitters, 100 N. Main St., Chagrin Falls. Call 440-247-7110.

Learning to fly fish can seem daunting because there is so much to learn. The truth is, it's a lifetime of learning, so don't look at it as a mountain in front of you; instead, learn each lesson as it ...