There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...

Fly-fishing differs from bait or spin fishing in two respects. The fly is cast by the weight of the line, not the weight of the fly, which is usually very small. And the movement involved in casting ...

Streamer flies can mimic a variety of forage, but none is more common than baitfish. Unlike dry flies that match floating insects, and nymphs that look like aquatic insects in their larval stages, ...

His grandfather introduced him to fly fishing, and 56-year-old Live Oak resident Craig Renke hasn't forgotten a trip to the Yuba River the pair made in the early summer when he was 8 years old. "I ...

One of the oldest cliches in fishing is that lures and flies have to catch fishermen before they catch fish. It is, however, an extremely accurate cliché. Once you take those crankbaits to the ...

I’m not much of a fisherman. The sport has never held much appeal for me, I admit. Perhaps it’s for a lack of trying. Or an aversion to staying still, casting into the chilly waters and hoping — ...