Despite the algae bloom on the lake’s surface, I could easily see the red-colored head of my fly and behind it the fly’s silver mylar tail. The fact that the fly was large didn’t hurt, but its size ...

If fly fishing for trout is the elegance and grace of a no-look pass in basketball, then fly fishing for northern pike is a rim-rattling slam dunk. "There is nothing as chaotic as a pike strike," ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a filmmaker & biologist covering conservation & outdoor topics. As the pontoons of the twin engine Otter break the surface ...

Missoula's Neal Cote has perfected fly-fishing techniques and his own brand of killer fly patterns to become a master of catching northern pike. Competing against scores of anglers using traditional, ...

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

FISHING — Outdoor Life once headlined Montana’s Bighorn River as the Best Trout Stream in America. Apparently the predators heard the news. A fly fisherman got the surprise of his life last month when ...

A fly vest holds your flies and gives you plenty of storage space for your phone and other valuables while you’re in the ...

Lynn Lake, Manitoba — Somewhere on that cedar-thick esker was a bull moose the guys had seen scampering skyward through trees and moss and away from a 16-foot aluminum boat that had invaded Pyta Lake ...

BASALT – With the bounty of top-notch rivers here in the Roaring Fork Valley, there’s really no excuse not to go fly fishing. The trout fishing on the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork rivers is truly ...