Anglers tend to put a lot of stock in selecting the right dry fly to match a hatch. But, the truth is, the perfect fly won’t do you a whole lot of good if you don’t know how to present it. When it ...

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.

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 ...

Learning how to fly-fish is really not that difficult. Mastering fly-fishing on the other hand is a lifelong pursuit. As a professional “fly-tender,” I am asked fishing and fly questions on a daily ...

GRAND MARAIS — It was easy to see why Shawn Perich has been an angler for more than 50 years. Beneath a clear blue sky, a small lake near the Gunflint Trail was placid. A small river flowed softly ...

The fish was holding maybe 40 feet upstream, rising every 30 seconds to feed. When small fish eat flies that way, they make little splashes as they break the surface. Big fish push the water in slow, ...

What do you picture when you think of fly fishing for trout? If your answer is casting a bug imitation that floats and then watching a fish rise to sip it off the surface, I’d say you fall in with the ...

Not too many years ago, it was a rarity to see someone fly fishing on the creeks and rivers of the Lowcountry. Today, the thrill of targeting red drum — also known as redfish, channel bass and ...

Shawn Perich holds a brook trout he caught in a creek off of the Gunflint Trail outside of Grand Marais, Minn. on June 25.