Fly Fishing

The SKWALA merino wool hoody breathes and helps me stay cool, keeping me comfortable when I’m sweating. It can’t do much about the reason I’m sweating.

I’m always looking for technical clothing that makes miserable days outside a little less miserable. Over the past year, I’ve worn the SKWALA Thermo 350 Hoody through harsh weather and challenging terrain to see if it’s the real deal.

Gear Reviews

I’m always looking for technical clothing that makes miserable days outside a little less miserable. Over the past year, I’ve worn the SKWALA Thermo 350 Hoody through harsh weather and challenging terrain to see if it’s the real deal.

Recent Articles

Freshwater

How and Where You Can Catch Big Catfish on a Fly Rod; Teen Angler Lands Back-to-Back Monster Catfish, Including 109-Pound Giant; Berkley’s New ’Moeba Has One Big Advantage Over Other Urchin Bass Baits

This big cat hit a 3" chartreuse Clouser minnow being stripped back on a sinking line.

Fly Fishing

I never had much interest in fly fishing for channel catfish. Then I hooked a 25-pounder, and that changed quickly.

An aerial view of Hawks Cay Resort on Duck Key. You are right there in the middle of great fishing grounds, simple access to it, and easy livin.

Destinations

For three days at Hawks Cay Resort, my life got pretty simple. Wake up, grab my fly rods, walk to the marina, and go fishing. Tarpon, redfish, mangroves, clear-water flats—This is the trip I've imagined since I was a kid.

Fly Fishing

What It Was Like to Be Charged by an Alaskan Brown Bear—and What I Learned; Fly Fishing for Brook Trout on the Appalachian Trail; The Strange Spiny Lure Taking Over Bass Fishing in 2026

Eyes focused on the sockeye salmon that fill up these rivers during the summer.

Fly Fishing

A brown bear turned, locked onto us, and started coming. This is what it felt like, and the lessons I learned.

An eastern brook trout caught along the Appalachian Trail.

Fly Fishing

A fly rod, a Vermont mountain stream, and the Appalachian Trail—all leading to native brook trout in one of the East's most iconic landscapes

Destinations

If I were limited to fish only one season a year, it would be autumn, and you can’t do fall much better than the Catskills. The historic trout waters are reason enough to go, and the small towns, good food, and fall colors make it more than a fishing trip

Bass Fishing

The craze of urchin-style bass baits launched at ICAST this past week make it no wonder this is our top 3: 2026 Urchin Bait Trend for Fly Fishing; Sold Out and Copied to Death: Bass Fishing's Wild Urchin Bait Craze; Strange Spiny Lure Taking Over Fishing

My Bourgeois mandolin has become an essential piece of gear.

Fly Fishing

Fly fishing trips call for more than just rods and reels. Here's the one thing I never leave behind.

Fly Fishing

The Most Fun Fly Rod You're Missing Out On; Fishing Panama With a Fly Rod is a Trip I'll Remember for the Rest of my Life; Coike Bass Lure: How the 2026 Urchin Bait Trend Can Work for Fly Fishing.

Bass Fishing

The Coike urchin bait trend proves what fly anglers have known for years: subtle movement beats exact imitation. Here are some updated tying tips for Woolly Buggers and Pat’s Rubber Legs, plus presentations that deliver more bass on the fly.

Fly Fishing

It's not going to be the most versatile fly rod in your quiver, but it's well worth having.

A Pacific sailfish alongside the boat after being landed on an 11-weight fly rod off Panama's Pacific coast.

Destinations

I came to Tropic Star Lodge in Panama thinking of roosterfish. Less than two hours after arriving, I was casting a fly rod to a lit-up sailfish.

Fly Fishing

A proposed mining project by a Canadian company has renewed concerns over the future of California’s renowned Hot Creek fishery.

Fly Fishing

Two Fish of a Lifetime in 24 Hours: Panama Fly Fishing at Its Best; How to Fly Fish for Brown Trout In the Moonlight; The Big Guns: How One Family's Crappie Obsession Evolved Into the South's Most Deadly Trolling System

All muscle and energy. This tuna put a butt-whooping on me like no other fish ever has.

Destinations

Panama's Pacific coast has some of the most exciting fly fishing in the world. For me, it delivered two fish of a lifetime in less than a day.

Fly Fishing

High-end Father’s Day Gifts for the Fly Angler Who Deserves the Best; Where to Fly Fish for Wild Trout in New Mexico; The Big Guns: How One Family's Crappie Obsession Evolved Into the South's Most Deadly Trolling System

Gear Reviews

Father’s Day is almost here, but you still have time to get Dad something he’ll actually use. If he's a fisherman, these five Orvis gifts are practical, well-made, and something he would enjoy receiving.

Fly Fishing

Fly Fisherman’s 2026 Father’s Day Gift Guide: Gear He’ll Actually Use; Where to Fly Fish for Wild Trout in New Mexico; Shopping for a Fishing Dad? Here's What We Actually Want.

Trout fishing in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Destinations

Northern New Mexico offers a unique trout fishing experience, from the high-desert canyons of the Rio Grande to native cutthroats in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The common ground of "fishing" is sometimes where the best connections happen between fathers and sons.

Gear Reviews

Skip the predictable Father's Day gifts this year. Every item in this guide is gear I've tested and continue to use. Some are inexpensive, others cost more, but all have earned a place in my fly-fishing and outdoor system.

Fly Fishing

How to Fly Fish for Brown Trout In the Moonlight; The Strange Spiny Lure Taking Over Bass Fishing in 2026; Here's Why the Abu Garcia VoltiQ is a Must-Buy Baitcast Reel

Big brown trout are out and about at night.

Fly Fishing

Night fishing for brown trout is often your best shot at the biggest fish in the river. Here’s where they feed and how to catch them after dark.

Guide Jacob Thomason with a barely hooked smallmouth bass from Lake Ontario.

Fly Fishing

The smallmouth bass bite is entering one of its best windows of the year. Rivers are warming, fish are active, and fly anglers from the Midwest to the Northeast have their hands full with one of the hardest-fighting fish in freshwater.