“Fly-tying is therapeutic,” said Hasbrouck, who recently read Isaak Walton’s 1653 book, “The Compleat Angler.” “It’s not about catching fish.

For example, I fish western Colorado reservoirs, ponds, rivers and streams for trout six to 20 inches long. I use a 9-foot 5-weight rod with a medium action 95% of the time. I’ll use my 3-weight ...

Rushville resident Mike McClelland, 42, is in his second year of fly fishing, and as he pulled a sunfish out of the Conservation World pond last week, he talked about the lure of fly fishing.

There are as many types of fishing reels as there are types of fishing. Big, small, fast, slow, spinning, baitcasting, ...

Anglers have been tying funny-looking attractant stuff on fish-hooking devices for thousands of years and more books have been written about tying flies than any other type of fishing technique.

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 ...

He understands the lure of fly fishingTrout, to make matters worse, eat like actresses — little kernels of insect mung at intervals of 48 to 60 hours. My buddy Paul insists that trout graze like ...

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Free fly casting lessons from the Oakland Casting Club are available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month from March through July, starting March 19. 4469 Carson St. Oakland ...

They then swap in the Line Flier Pod, attach the lure at the end of their fishing line to that pod, release the bail on their reel, and fly the lure out to that same spot. Once it's there, they ...