Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport and an art form that is partly based around making the act of fishing more ...

this spring and early summer calls for big bugs that land with a splat. Because the major emergences are infrequent, cicada patterns may not be on every angler’s annual checklist of must-have flies.

From fly fishing tips to must-have flies to a hand-crafted German fly reel maker, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI this past week. Want to make ...

On July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong was becoming the first man to put bootprints on the moon, I was getting my first introduction to the sport of fly-fishing on an icy mountain stream in Idaho. It ...

These trout flies are the ones we all love to hate, but we can't quite break up with. That means the problem is you.

All fish are predators, but northern pike come dressed for the part—needle teeth, vacant eyes, thick slime, serpentine shape—which is part of what make pike fishing so much fun. Their primeval ...

The secret to great fly fishing? According to Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Blue Ribbon Flies owner and founder Craig Mathews, it all comes down to simplicity. Speaking at Montana State ...

HELENA, Mont., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As fall arrives, Montana's world-class rivers, streams, lakes and spring-fed ponds cool down and come alive, providing a fishing paradise for both ...

Landis Sampsel had never tied a fly when his mother, Karrie, bought him a fly fishing kit for $30. Since that Christmas in 2021, Landis has tied thousands of flies, some of which he’s sold, and earned ...