Imagine yourself exploring and fishing a small, tranquil stream — lost in your own world, yet in the thick of trout country. Cascading waterfalls, riverbank critters and satisfying solitude are yours…
When it comes to finding largemouth bass during the summer — when many fish vacate the shallows for the food, cover and stability offered by deeper offshore areas — few offerings are as effective as…
I like it when my guide fishes with me on a booked trip. That's particularly true when I'm the only client, as was the case on a recent outing. The more baits in the water, the quicker we'll find a…
There's no disputing it — yarn egg flies are some of the most inexpensive and easiest fly fishing flies to ever come out of a vice. But, just because these flies require little effort to tie doesn't…
If you've never camped before, you may be worried you'll be missing something important when you arrive at your camping destination. To be honest, it happens to all of us sooner or later. We unroll…
Spring to autumn, panfish occupy a range of habitats from shallow weed flats to deep, rocky structures. Casting has merits, but there's plenty of trolling methods to pull panfish topside. Here are…
Where I live in Ontario, Canada, the small game hunting season for everything except varying hare is over in February. That season continues to June 15. Sadly, however, from February to about the end…
We were fishing together, yet we were fishing in two different boats. Neither of us wanted to fish from the back of another angler's boat — both of us wanted to fish from the bow. Our solution has…
The Black Nose Dace is one of those special fly patterns that fly fisherman have favored for years on end. This streamer pattern was created by Art Flick in the early 1950s and works when nothing…
OK, so it’s not a very sexy subject, but for many of us here in the Northland, it’s the “off-season” or the “hard-water season.”
The boat and trailer are either in storage somewhere or, if we’re…
If you're of one of those fly fishers who packs away the gear at the first sign of snow, you're missing out on a very special type of fishing. Unknown to some fly anglers is the fact that, during the…
Dense fog, the result of comparatively warm air pockets combined with remaining snow cover, enshrouded the ridge tops as we made the two hour drive to the limestone spring creek. It would be mid-…
