LEWISTON – They are abundant, challenging and strong. Even so, people wrinkle their noses at the lowly carp, a species that some have nicknamed “sewer salmon.” But the warm-water fish does have a ...

Don't dismiss carp. If you do you are missing out on a fly fishing opportunity to sight cast to a fish that will test your skills, and once hooked, will put up a fight like a heavyweight boxer. Fly ...

RIFLE, Colo. – As many of you already know, fly fishing for carp is easily one of my favorite springtime activities. In recent years, fly fishing for carp has become the hot, new fish in fly fishing ...

TRAVERSE CITY — People used to poke fun at Dave McCool because he likes to fish for carp with a fly rod. Carp, after all, are reviled by many anglers in the United States, thought of as a rough, ...

A good fly reel will last a lifetime and help bring countless fish to hand. Fly fishing at its most basic level is just another technique for catching fish. On a deeper level, it’s both a blood sport ...

In this edition of The Evening Hatch: • Until you've experienced the sight-fishing challenge of targeting feeding carp, or trying to stop a ten-pound specimen on a blistering run with a 6-weight fly ...

Clary guides Oklahoma fly-fishing waters for smallmouth bass, trout, stripers, carp and gar, and has a new drift boat to go along with that guide business. He says he can get just about any skilled ...

A couple of weeks ago my buddy Paul Dubas and I were fishing the Tongue River and trying to connect on trout and smallmouth bass. Though we had some hits on streamers, neither Dubas nor I managed to ...

The mass of lily pads jerked and swayed 10 feet in front of our approaching boat. Something big was bulldozing its way through the watery undergrowth. With fly rod in hand, I watched a 2-foot-long ...