Lynn Lake, Manitoba — Somewhere on that cedar-thick esker was a bull moose the guys had seen scampering skyward through trees and moss and away from a 16-foot aluminum boat that had invaded Pyta Lake ...

There are a few times in the year when fly rods and northern pike meet in the shallows of large reservoirs. Springtime spawning is a welcome arrival after a long winter dealing with ice and snow in ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, at Hayward, Wis., has verified that Ivan Keeney's 29.7-pound northern pike is the North American record in the fly-fishing category for 15-pound test line ...

Kelson Hickman, 13, of Great Falls caught this 37 1 / 2-inch, 14-pound Northern Pike on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Pishkun Reservoir. He was using a 6 weight St. Croix fly rod on 5X mono tippet with a fly ...

Anglers who follow the calendar, yearning for the next fly-fishing challenge, look ahead to ice off. When the ice thins and begins to recede on lakes and reservoirs, fly fishers get first shots at ...

After mowing the lawn, putting in some of the garden and scrubbing the kitchen and bathroom floors, I decided that I needed to go fishing. I really didn't have the time or the yen to go to the Bighorn ...

There’s rarely a warning. Not with pike. When a striped bass attacks a topwater fly, you often see a boil or a swirl before the toilet flushes. Snakeheads will track a foam frog and wake the surface ...

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a big uptick in beginner fly anglers. My gauge for this is my inbox. Listeners of my podcasts know that I do my best to answer emailed questions, and a huge ...

It was still dark when Malachi Cryder and a friend decided to fish a section of the Clark Fork River just beyond Reserve Street one Sunday morning earlier this month. Cryder, 16, already an adept fly ...

FISHING — Outdoor Life once headlined Montana’s Bighorn River as the Best Trout Stream in America. Apparently the predators heard the news. A fly fisherman got the surprise of his life last month when ...

The small Upper Peninsula town of Curtis is all about fishing. Especially when it comes to fishing northern pike. North of the Mighty Mac and sandwiched between the expansive Manistique Lakes is ...