"Over the years, I’ve seen people take to the sport with relative ease, while others seem to struggle for a while before the light goes on. The good news? Regardless of which category you fall into, ...

"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 ...

Around here we call it The Hatch — the annual migration of the giant salmonflies and golden stoneflies as they crawl from the middle of the river out to the edges to emerge and dry their wings in the ...

The Deschutes River boasts some of the best fly-fishing in North America. Anglers from all over the world travel to Central Oregon in search of the river's bounties of steelhead and trout. And late ...

I talked about it already. Timing is key. Temperature, time of year, run off level, there are a lot of variables. Each year has its own flavor. This year was no exception. The local salmonfly hatch ...

As we see the annual runoff begin to ebb in the coming week or two, the green drake mayflies will begin revving their engines and preparing for takeoff. Of all the prolific mayfly hatches we boast ...

FLY-FISHERS in the eastern half of the U.S. are eagerly anticipating a hatch 17 years in the making: the Brood X cicada emergence. From around mid-May through June, billions of these chubby bugs will ...

BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK — “Last time I did this hike, I couldn’t walk for days.” The words wouldn’t be so disheartening if they didn’t come from Thor Tingey, the CEO of packraft ...

Summer along the Susquehanna River brings all the classics: sunny days, kayak floats, riverside hikes, and picnic-perfect evenings. But if you’re in the Lower Susquehanna Region in late July or early ...