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In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

Basic fly fishing instruction tells you to look for and fish the seams, where slow water and faster water come together. In the beginning, this isn't always as easy as it sounds to untrained eyes.

A few of the big yellow mayflies began to show, struggling at the surface of the dark water then, drying their wings, breaking free and flying. I switched to a graphite rod on which I had tied a 3X ...

The appropriately-named "mayfly" is making its appearance in waters across Alabama as the short-lived aquatic insects rise to the surface, spread their wings and make their one-day mating flights ...