In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

Wannabe anglers can learn the basics of a fly fishing setup with this new video from Backcountry’s YouTube channel. If you think tippet is most likely the name of an English pastry, then you need to ...

There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

Fly fishing is to fishing what road cycling is to biking, stick-shifting is to driving and using a straight razor is to shaving. It’s a sport that requires precision, poise and patience and grants ...

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 ...

Jason Mitzner shares tips for new fly fishers and how he turned his passion into a Eugene business.

The leader and the tippet are crucial elements to fly fishing. Once you’ve got the backing and fly line figured out, you’re ready to learn all about them. Leaders and tippet, though expendable, are ...

Wading streams with a fly rod in hand may be the most traditional approach to the sport, but floating rivers in a raft or driftboat, leisurely watching the scenery pass by, has its merits too. The ...

Basic fly fishing instruction tells you to look for and fish the seams, where slow water and faster water come together. In the beginning, this isn't always as easy as it sounds to untrained eyes.

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 ...

Josh Lew is a writer and copywriter who focuses on travel, green living, and personal finance. Fly fishing involves a casting method that is very different from other forms of pole, line, and hook ...