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 ...

A light jig quivering in place can draw strikes from finicky winter bluegills. / Joe Shead Drop a worm in the water on a summer day and just try to not catch a bluegill. But in winter, sometimes those ...

In this edition of The Morning Hatch: - Check out the latest episode of The Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast, featuring a legendary fly fishing guide. Podcast: 15 Tips for Fishing Emergers, with Pat Dorsey - ...

Bluegills, the ubiquitous catch of most anglers across the United States. Found from border to border, from puddles and ponds to great lakes and rivers, the fish thrive wherever they swim. Their ...

Hello folks, the other day we went ice fishing on some local ice aiming to catch some bluegills and perch. We geared up with tiny hooks, tiny pieces of cut minnow, little jigging spoons, and even ...

Just because the sun goes down doesn’t mean the species you love to catch go to bed. In fact, sometimes the biggest fish in the pond, lake, or river don’t eat at all until nightfall. Catching them ...

PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. -- All that was missing was the music, the deep and ominous intonations that signaled a shark attack in the classic fish flick "Jaws." Of course, when you're in a boat tucked ...

Crappie fishing and bass fishing is waning in intensity, but bream fishing is nearing its peak. Bream, a generic term for sunfish that includes bluegill, redear, longear and green sunfish, inhabit ...

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning starter ...