THE FIRST TIME I fished the lower Madison River, I felt small. I was 18 years old and had never been out West—and though I’d grown up trout fishing on the East Coast, I had never done so on a river ...

I’ll fess up. Nothing is more blood-pressure raising to me than pinning a big trout on an itty-bitty dry fly. Scoring the take is the fun part, no doubt, but whenever I’m trying to feed a hefty brown ...

As anglers, our common goal is to catch the biggest fish possible. It's a game of inches for those who chase the elusive muskie, but for the fan-favorite largemouth bass, pounds is where it's at.

Fall is one of the best times of year to catch a giant bronzeback. But it can also be one of the toughest times of year to locate fish, which makes covering water and being mobile the name of the game ...

When the weather and water temps start dropping, most trout anglers break out the tiny flies. Fishing midges deep in the water column is a great way to catch trout in the colder months, but it’s not ...

IN ORDER TO TAME THESE POWERFUL FISH, YOU'LL NEED THE BEST BARBEL FISHING REELS. Barbel are a species that can be caught ...