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.

A guide with an artist’s temperament has a rare advantage. Living inside the landscape day after day deepens their ...

Some fishing guides develop a way of seeing that carries beyond the water—and into art. I went in skeptical., I didn’t expect much from the Lower Niagara. Fly fishing it for smallmouth bass, and ...

Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...

Hutchison, standing, owns Hill Country Flyfishers and is the fly-fishing manager at Sportsman’s Finest, in Austin, where he has lived for twenty-plus years. He guides more than one hundred trips a ...

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 ...

Two veteran captains share the durable reels, rods, and apparel that can actually survive a season of corrosive spray.

Fly fishing isn't always about catching a fish. It's about being amongst nature, feeling the wind and water rush past you. There's an artful tranquility to it. If you're searching for such a ...

Fly fishing guides won't likely tell you their real secrets to success right away (you've got to earn the privilege), but there's one tip they'll readily share, even with perfect strangers: Fly ...

The beauty of fly fishing is that we never “cap out”; there is always something to learn, appreciate, and strive for in our ...