guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

Trout season opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 6, in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and that means it’s time for anglers to take stock of their fishing tackle and bait or lure options. For some ...

When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...

An expert guide breaks down the best fishing rod and reel setups for every environment, from mountain streams to the surf.

The opening day of the 2021 trout fishing season in Pennsylvania – Saturday, April 3 – is approaching fast, but there’s still time for a newcomer to the sport to get geared-up for that big event. Here ...

Catfish, striped bass, and walleyes are just a few fish widely known to hunt nocturnally. It’s not uncommon for anglers to wait until the sun sets to get after them, especially considering the bigger ...

That shallow, choppy water that you usually pass by in search of deep pools? That’s right where rainbows like to be. Riffles offer oxygen-rich water and a steady stream of food, making them prime ...

There are a lot of numbers in fly fishing, and some of the numbering may not make sense to the uninitiated—or to the initiated, for that matter. A higher number means a smaller hook, yet the opposite ...