The most valuable thing I learned from a recent trout fishing trip with Jarrod Ruggles and Rusty Pruitt is that fly fishing is adaptable. Bryan Hendricks has been the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ...

Casting a limber fly rod is the only way to get a fish on the line for lots of anglers. Yet there are hold outs who think fly fishing is difficult, expensive and some kind of elite angling sport.

A question I get asked all the time is What is your favorite fish to fish for, and how? I can't answer that. I love to fish, and other than trolling, I enjoy most all forms of fishing. But I can say ...

Fly fishermen consider fly fishing to be interactive art, but it is really impressionistic art painted on a living canvas. John Atherton explains it in his 1951 classic, "The Fly and the Fish." ...

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - Arkansans interested in learning how to fly fish can learn the sport's basic methods during a four-hour workshop at a state park in Rogers. The seminar will start at 12 p.m. March ...

Once the largest settlement in the region, the North Arkansas town of Cotter is now home to a population of just under 1,000 people. However, despite no longer being the bustling hub it once was, the ...

Emergers and nymphs are often lumped together because they’re both fished subsurface, and they both imitate aquatic insects in pre-adult life stages. Some nymphs and emergers may look similar, but ...

Fly fishing is a year-round pursuit. Even during the coldest months of the year you can find actively feeding fish, and you don’t have to race to the water hours before sunrise for the best action.

In the beginning, I had a classic Zebco 202 spin-cast combo, and it was good. At least, good enough for 5-year-old me. But I've owned many types of fishing rods since I was a freckle-faced boy who ...