In the Black: How To Fish for Bass, Trout, Muskies, Flatheads, Snook and Walleyes After Dark

Nothing ruins a bass bite faster than a personal watercraft ripping by at 50 mph. And nothing puts rising trout down quicker than a flotilla of tubers kicking

Will Paint and Eyes Create Magic Bullets?

Anglers know that sometimes its the subtlest details that produce fish. Last month I was fishing a bass pond close to home and throwing Zoom Flukes. White got h

Video: Collection of Vintage Fishing Polaroids

A few years ago, while photo editing the The Flyfish Journal, a photographer named Sean Kerrick sent me a group of images he had taken of a lost collection

Fessing Up About Product Review Whiffs

As many of you know, we are now knee-deep in the trade show season; when new products for 2013 are being unveiled at breakneck speeds and the hype machine is r

Monster Bugs Can Draw Lazy Smallmouth Bass to the Surface

by Joe Cermele The smallmouth spawn is long over, the fall cooldown is months away, and every hour you spend on the water feels like a session in the sauna. I

Flies and Techniques That Will Trick Big Bass

Slap Shots Dragonfly patterns with resin or foam bodies are effective for raising lone bass in tight holding areas, such as short eddies behind boulders. That

Catchbook Contest: Weekly Winners

The winner of last weeks Catchbook Photo Contest for the month of July is Ryan Brownlee, who submitted this photo of a king salmon. And this weeks winner is B

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Seeks Corporate Sponsors

--Chad Love Would you be comfortable with a corporate sponsor for your state wildlife agency? Thats what the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is looking int

Trophy Photos: Don't Try to Make the Fish Look Bigger With Camera Tricks

I was out with a couple of friends the other evening, having fun with panfish in a local lake. Eventually I caught what was probably my smallest largemouth bas

OSU Team Wins College Bass Fishing National Championship

Oklahoma State University may have been denied a shot at the football national championship this year (thanks to an epic choke against Iowa State) but it looks

On the Road: Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign

I was in North Carolina on vacation last week. Halfway between Southport and Supply I saw the famous “Worms and Coffee” sign. While I didn’t really need gas, I

Fly Fishing with SUPs is Not a Fad

A SUP, for those yet uninitiated, is a Stand Up Paddle board. I can see Mr. Joe Cermele rolling his eyes now... Its been almost a year to the day that I last p

Slide Show: Bristol Bay, Alaska

Last week I had the privilege and honor of being the artist in residence at the Bristol Bay Lodge on Lake Aleknagik in Alaska. Lodge manager Steve Laurent and

TX Angler Brags About Exceeding Limit on Fishing Forum, Now Facing Fines

What is it about bragging on Internet chat rooms and other social media that seems to suck in lawbreaking dummies? Whatever the reason, the irresistible appeal

Is Buying US-Made Fishing Gear Worth The Dent in Your Wallet?

Very often when I write about various fishing tackle items, some readers comment that they wish the item in question were made in the U.S. They’d be much happi

Fishing: The Most Dangerous Sport in British Columbia's Fraser Valley

--Chad Love Whats the deadliest sport in British Columbias rugged Fraser Valley? Mountain climbing? Whitewater kayaking? BASE jumping? Laughing at large, burly

Fishing Gear Review: Vedavoo Tightline Sling

My favorite business stories in fly fishing are the ones that go something like this: Person genuinely loves fly fishing and realizes a need or an opportunity

Market Research Paints Clear Picture of Fly Fishing Industry

The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) recently commissioned the market research firm Southwick Associates, Inc., to do a study on retailers in the

Vintage Tackle Contest: Meadow Mouse Spook

Ah, mouse lures. Theyre super effective and really fun to use, because any fish willing to make a move on a helpless, swimming rodent has got to be worth catchi

Winners from Drake Magazine's Fly Fishing Video Awards

The Drake Magazine held its 7th annual Fly Fishing Video awards at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show a couple of weeks ago. The video above from The