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.

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 ...

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.

More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Depending on where you live and who you talk to, you’ll find that fly fishermen have widely varying opinions on hitting the river in the dead of winter. For some it’s the greatest time year, with fair ...

Fly fishers in Caldwell County joined together at the Patterson School Foundation Saturday for a Tie-a-thon to tie flies for use in charity and education. Twenty four tiers attended to the event to ...

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 ...

HUNTINGTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The Westfield River Watershed Association and the Western Mass Fly Fishermen’s Association are hosting the free Bill Rose Memorial Fly Fishing Clinic on Saturday.