Even the best anglers in the world occasionally fall victim to the dreaded backlash. Casting a baitcasting reel without ...

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A shooting head fly line can be an asset in certain fly fishing situations. Once you learn the basics of this fly line you will understand when and how to use it, and find that it is an easy line to ...

Whether you’re fishing flooded trees for bass, targeting trout in streams or vertical jigging for panfish, using the right kind of line can go a long way toward increasing your catch rates. Jordan ...

You can fish with the best fishing reel, latest rod, and premium line, but none of them matter if you’re not using the right hook for the job. Those jobs, of course, range widely. The ideal hook for ...

To catch a crappie you have to properly present a lure, or bait, at the right depth, detect the strike, and get the fish into your hands. Your fishing line plays an important role in each one of those ...

This pink salmon is small, but the twisted line it bit on is of world record proportions. Failing to use swivels can cause monofilament line twist. | Joe Shead If you've fished long enough with ...

Long gone are the days of cutting a good tree sapling, tying some fishing line to the skinny end, adding a hook and a worm at the end of the line and plopping the bait into a pond to catch a fish.

Knots, tangles, and line twists are part of fishing. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been at it; nobody can avoid the dreaded backlash forever. In many cases, the factors that cause tangles are ...

Come July 1, anglers can legally use two lines during the open water season while fishing the Minnesota River downstream of the Granite Falls dam to Pool 2 on the Mississippi River. Gov. Tim Walz ...