Bluegills, the ubiquitous catch of most anglers across the United States. Found from border to border, from puddles and ponds to great lakes and rivers, the fish thrive wherever they swim. Their ...

When it comes to catching large numbers of panfish, it’s impossible to beat a chunk of nightcrawler (or maybe a cricket) hanging under a bobber. But when you’re throwing live bait for panfish, you’re ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay take to the water with fly rods to target huge bluegill, resulting in a loaded and successful harvest.

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. -- All that was missing was the music, the deep and ominous intonations that signaled a shark attack in the classic fish flick "Jaws." Of course, when you're in a boat tucked ...

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

In this edition of The Morning Hatch: - Whenever Tom Rosenbauer and Orvis put out a podcast, you should listen. - Podcast: Secrets of an Award-Winning Fly-Fishing Guide - I can’t imagine I’m the only ...

In the heat of summer, I go back to my early days of fly fishing as a teenager. An elderly uncle, Demp Ramsey, taught me the art of fly fishing in the summer of 1977. Demp was his given name, but ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

August can be a tricky month for fishing in Southwest Idaho. The heat can be intense and weed buildup is a problem in many fisheries. But we are finally seeing more reasonable summer temperatures, ...

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning ...