Muskellunge are the fish of legends—top-tier predators that are notoriously challenging to catch on even conventional tackle. Back in the mid ’90s, when I first started chasing muskies with a fly, people thought I was nuts. Now, these toothy monsters . . .
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Video: The Magic of Redfish on the Fly
Here’s a gorgeous film from Costa that explores why fly fishers love redfish–from Chesapeake Bay to Florida to the Laguna Madre of southern Texas. Although the fish are the same, the angling subculture and techniques are often quite different. Along the . . .
Read MoreBass Across America: Central Virginia
This week, we look at Virginia, which is home to both native and introduced populations of largemouths. It’s one of the few states that offers year-round opportunities to catch this popular game fish. We recently sat down with Mossy Creek Fly Fishing . . .
Read MorePodcast: Late Summer Smallmouth Tips, with Colby Trow
This week, my guest is Colby Trow of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing–in Harrisonburg, Virginia–one of the best smallmouth bass anglers I know. Colby talks about successful techniques for chasing these critters in . . .
Read MoreWarmwater Tips: Bass Go Ga-Ga for Gurglers
Written by: Preston Ailor
The Gurgler provided just the right action and commotion to draw strikes.
Photos by Preston Ailor
I have a problem. I look through fly-fishing magazines and catalogs the same way teenage boys look at Kardashians’ Instagram accounts. One day, looking through the Orvis fly catalog, I . . .
Read MoreVideo: Sibling Time on the Stream
Virginia angler and fly tier Ethan Martin took his little sister out on a small stream in the Shenandoah Valley to see if he could get her into some brook trout. The result is this pretty little video that . . .
Read MorePhotos: Blue-Lining for Blue Ridge Brookies
Written by: Connor Tapscott
The native brookies of the Blue Ridge Mountains are colorful and feisty.
Photos by Connor Tapscott
We strapped our gear to our packs, in preparation for the lengthy descent down an unmarked mountainside in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Sliding and stumbling down the . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Fall and Rise of an Amazing Warmwater Fishery
Sportsmen are faced with so many potential conservation disasters–from Pebble Mine to the Everglades–that it’s heartening to focus on a success story. The folks at Flymen Fishing . . .
Read MoreVideo: Chasing Big Marlin Off. . .Virginia?
Fly-fishing for marlin is not something new, but anglers chasing these big fish usually head to Mexico or Central America. This trailer for an upcoming film by TwoFisted Heart Productions. . .
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Virginia is for (Musky) Lovers
That is the satisfied smile of an angler who has achieved her goal.
Photo by Charlie Gordon
Reba Brinkman—programs director at Hunter Banks Co. in Asheville, North Carolina—worked hard on the James River to catch her first Virginia musky on the fly with Charlie Gordon of. . .
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