The foam line floating down the river isn't dirty, polluted water. It's a stew of bubbles, organic matter, and insects, and fish love them.

A weight-forward fly line is simply a long line with a thicker ... One thing I've learned in fly fishing is to not be intimidated by the gear and techniques you don't have a working knowledge ...

USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards expert and fly-fishing advocate Angelica Talan recommends these 10 essentials for ...

A fly line is very different from the monofilament or braided line you would spool onto a spinning reel. Conventional fishing line does just one thing: allows you to retrieve your lure or baited ...

Scrambling through the ravines of upstate New York in pursuit of trout has become a bonding pursuit for father and son ...

Avoid Making These Massive Freshwater Fishing Mistakes At All Costs In fly fishing, a weighted line is used to deliver an unweighted or lightly weighted "fly." This line is categorized by its ...

Phil Rowley knows he has a fly line problem. The guide, fly tier and stillwater expert from Edmonton, Alberta, carries about 20 fly lines on his boat when fishing lakes. He packs floating lines ...

The Long Beach Casting Club is turning 100. Its practice pond in the park is one of only two in Los Angeles County.

In contrast, propelling an ultralight fly the way Wulff does is akin to pitching a cotton ball at major-league speeds. The only weight resides in the fishing line itself, which uncoils from a reel ...

I went twitch, twitch, twitch (with the line) and a rainbow freaking hit it right in front of me. That’s what got me hooked on fly fishing,” he said. Not too long after that, he got a fly rod ...

Lombardo, one of Rhode Island’s well-known striper fly-fishing guides, kept his fly line tight like a kite string as it made its arc through the current, just in case his twitching creation drew ...