I often feel that fly-fishing intimidates many newcomers to our wonderful sport. Anglers who are familiar with conventional or spinning equipment often feel that fly-fishing is too intricate of a ...

The 18th edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette: Manners for a New World showed up in the newspaper’s office yesterday. It answers such questions as “Do I have to respond to every email and text?” or ...

From how to get a fishhook out of yourself, to a review of the simple, durable YETI Sidekick, to fixing the 4 worst fishing habits, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s ...

Casting a fly rod is a lot like a riding a bicycle. who wish to hone their double-hauls, Krieger has it covered. The 144-page, 8×10 book starts with a consideration of the mechanics of casting. Basic ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

Slowing down is a simple tip but not always easy to do. Here is a drill to help you engrain the habit of "less is more" into your casting stroke to give you a better fly cast. Learning to cast a fly ...

Transparency Note:The gear reviewed in this article was provided to me at no cost for evaluation. The views and assessments presented are entirely my own. Lid Rig has come out with another innovation, ...

You will begin to depend more on yourself and less on gadgets and gear. More on "a feeling" and less on what the textbooks say. • "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk ...

There are certain fly fishing tips and tricks you pick up along the way that aren't flashy, but they make things easier, set up smoother, and sometimes lead to more fish. You won't often read about ...

Whether you have never hired a guide or have utilized them for years, you will see marked differences in styles, attitudes, and experience levels. Many anglers can’t appreciate terrific fishing guides ...

Tenkara is a Japanese fly fishing that strips things down to their most simple. One fly. One rod. Sam Vanderbeek uses a Tenkara rod while fly-fishing in the Oregon coast range. All responsibility lies ...

We enthusiasts tend to complicate things. We take something simple, like a wristwatch, and turn it into a pulse-monitoring, altitude-measuring, map-containing, text-messaging supercomputer. At times ...