Unlike fly reels and baitcasting reels ... If you’re fishing for panfish or small stream trout, you can keep the drag pretty tight as these species don’t usually have enough power to engage ...

The crappie were hitting a 5mm wonder bread swirl paired with a Clam Outdoors niku twitch fly. They preferred jigging ... the bait another two feet. A few bluegill were caught as well.

and limits of planted rainbows remain possible with Roostertails, Atomic Tubes, Joe’s Flies, small spinners ... mudsuckers, or bluegill remains best for boats willing to sit on anchor in ...

“I was fishing with a Power Worm from a fly rod on my kayak when I hooked the ... from the shoreline or off one of six fishing piers. Small boats with electric motors are also allowed (no ...

Those days of floating small rivers and catching bass ... I always kept my tin boat loaded with four rigged fluke rods and sometimes a fly rod. I could also beach the boat and dig for clams or anchor ...

This was a small pup tent, which was manufactured near ... sorts of time putting on the foul weather gear. Oh boy, how time flies. One of the favorite winter sports for the Finger Lakes Region ...

Most waders come with pockets, but mine are usually jammed with fly boxes and other gear. A neck knife is the solution—a small knife housed in a sheath at the end of a lanyard worn around the neck.

Male flies sharpened their eyesight to call the females' bluff Date: February 5, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger ...

If the male arrives empty-handed, he is rejected. With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened ...

an invasive agricultural pest species that is a close relative of fruit flies), three-spined stickleback (a small fish), daphnia (a small aquatic crustacean) and calanoid copepods (another small ...

A light jig quivering in place can draw strikes from finicky winter bluegills. / Joe Shead Drop a worm in the water on a summer day and just try to not catch a bluegill. But in winter, sometimes ...