This isn’t the best time of year to catch a bluegill on a dry fly, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. They may venture into the shallows for a short time on a sunny day, but until the water ...

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 ...

Bluegills, the ubiquitous catch of most anglers across the United States. Found from border to border, from puddles and ponds to great lakes and rivers, the fish thrive wherever they swim. Their ...

Want to pick up fly fishing? Rig up and head out this May for spawning bluegills in Northern Michigan. May is a month of bounty. Asparagus is shooting up, flowers are blooming and morels are hiding ...

I grew up in the Sandhills of Nebraska, so I've fished most of the hill lakes as well as Lake McConaughy. Lakes in Nebraska are a lot cooler than in Missouri or even more southern lakes like Enid or ...

One of my favorite outdoor pastimes is fly fishing for bluegills. It’s quite a thrill when a feisty bluegill hits a fly and the battle ensues. Although I used to fly fish quite frequently, the past ...

Mayfield Village is offering an opportunity to learn how to tie the new wet flies. Learn to tie the living and moving new wet flies including natural flymphs and fuzzy nymphs. They help fishermen ...

I wish I had discovered fly fishing when I was a kid. I spent hours collecting grasshoppers and tossing them into Louisiana ponds, bayous and lakes, just to watch mostly bluegill and bass peck them ...

Pulling into a shallow cove in my kayak at Piney Run Lake recently, I observed a shoreline lined with donut-shaped depressions. At first I thought I was seeing an artificial reef made of tires. Then, ...