The technique is called fly fishing because the lure tied to the end of the line is an artificial fly, a hook dressed with feathers, fur, thread, and...
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Fishing Gifts
Most "fishing gifts" lists treat the sport as a single hobby with a single set of accessories. It is not. A bass angler running a baitcaster on a...
Gift For Fisherman Who Has Everything
The hard part is not finding fishing gifts. The hard part is finding one that lands when the recipient already owns rods in three line weights, three...
How Much To Tip Fishing Guide
The direct answer is 15 to 20 percent of the trip cost in the United States, with 20 percent the working default for a competent day and the floor...
How To Humanely Kill Fish
If you are going to keep a fish, the humane and culinary goal is the same goal: instant brain death. The two methods that achieve it reliably are a...
What Bait To Use For Trout
The honest answer to what trout eat is not a jar of pink dough. Trout feed on aquatic insects drifting along the riverbed and hatching in the surface...
Steelhead vs Rainbow Trout
A steelhead is a rainbow trout. The two carry the same scientific name (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the same chromosomes, the same egg, and the same fry....
How To Catch Bass
Bass are an ambush-feeding warmwater predator, and how you catch them depends almost entirely on which species you mean, what water you are on, and...
What Bait Do Bass Like
Bass like bait that behaves like the prey they already hunt. They are ambush-feeding warmwater predators with broad diets, and what triggers a strike...
Spotted Bass vs Largemouth
The fast answer to what you have in your hand is the jaw line. A largemouth's upper jaw extends well past the back of the eye when the mouth is closed....