When I started fly fishing for trout, I was told to focus on making short, accurate casts. I think it was good advice, for the most part. On many trout rivers, the ability to cast a fly 40 feet is all ...

Snowdown brought out some of our local competitors to test their fly casting skills in a friendly event with male, female and youth divisions, with about 20 folks seeking the coveted title of “best in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ice fishermen have it easy. All they have to do is find a frozen pond, drill a few holes and drop a jig between their toes from a rod no longer than their ...

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 ...

I live in New York City, in downtown Manhattan, on the seventh floor of a 13-story apartment building. Two or three times a week, I wake up early, ride the elevator down to my lobby and say good ...

Maxine McCormick, a modest and poised 15-year-old prodigy, has already learned to take her best lessons from her worst experience – losing. McCormick, a sophomore at Cleveland High School, holds the ...

They were casting on a soccer pitch that was covered in clover, honing their skills to be used on future trips to the Brule for trout, or the Cloquet for smallmouth bass or maybe a little Douglas ...

The Long Beach Casting Club, now in its 100th year, hosted the second U.S. Open Casting Championships last week. The event, which took place from Aug. 5 to Saturday and was sponsored by the American ...

With all the cold weather we’ve experienced this winter, I was frequently asked if I go ice fishing or if I like ice fishing. The short answer to both of those questions is “not really.” When I was ...

For the woman known as “the first lady of fly fishing,” the allure of the sport that has made her famous is plain and simple. “You’re just one with the outdoor world,” Joan Salvato Wulff said. “My ...

One morning in February, 15-year-old Maxine McCormick leaned her fly rod against her shoulder and watched her coach, Chris Korich, warm up. Wind chopped the surface of the shallow casting pond. Korich ...