Choosing the best braided fishing line comes down to one simple question: What are you going to do with it? That is, not all braided lines are created equally. Some cast farther, some are more ...

Early last month, I reported on the great early-season smallmouth bass fishing some friends and I had experienced during incredible warm weather during the first couple weeks of March. I look forward ...

The spring fishing season is here, and anglers have to be ready when the fish are biting by spooling their spinning and casting reels with fresh, dependable fishing line. (D'Arcy Egan / The Plain ...

Alabama bass anglers have more or less accepted braided fishing line for some uses while totally rejecting it for others. For example, it's widely used in flippin' the thickest weeds and brush because ...

Whether you’re fishing flooded trees for bass, targeting trout in streams or vertical jigging for panfish, using the right kind of line can go a long way toward increasing your catch rates. Jordan ...

The IGFA has recently approved the use of braided line as backing in order to increase a reel’s line capacity. The IGFA rule book already included many different types of backing, but it required the ...

Fish spend their entire lives trying to eat without being eaten themselves, and if it looks like something they're thinking about eating might come with dangerous strings attached, they could very ...

I'm out here fishing the eastern shore of Lake Erie, near Buffalo. I wasn't planning on trolling, but the opportunity seemed perfect. I'm using the American Smelt, purple crankbait and simply ...