Fly fishing is a centuries-old sport that offers a challenging twist on conventional fishing gear and techniques. Here's how to get started. 743K ; 204K ; 62K ; ... If you get your reel spooled up ...

1. How to Tie a Fishing Hook on With an Improved Clinch Knot. Use With: Monofilament, Fluorocarbon. Best With: 4- to 20-pound-test line. Pros: Easy to learn, good for most light-tackle applications ...

In the end, the strongest fishing knot for this purpose is a blood knot, so here’s how to tie it. Overlap, make 5 turns Pete Sucheski Bring tag through loop Pete Sucheski ...

The uni knot is one of the most used connections in fishing across all genres of the sport. From flyfishing a high mountain trout stream to targeting tuna offshore, it has a place in any anglers’ ...

Fly fishing, if you are unfamiliar, is a lot like regular fishing, except that there are 867 complicated steps, involving wildly expensive gear, before you can actually get a hook in front of a fish.

Other, more high-tech knots fared not as well: A 3-turn Seaguar knot broke at 66%; a 3-turn surgeon’s knot at 65%; and 4-turn back-to-back Uni knots at 6%. Overlap and make five turns. Pete ...

I always figured those no-knot “fast snaps” that allow you to snap lures or hooks on and off your line are too clumsy for finicky trout slurping flies. The noble trout is too refined an… ...

Bug knowledge and knot know-how are two things anglers carry in their head. ... Lori, his youngest daughter, Ella, and a yellow Labrador named Poppy. His published writing has appeared in Southwest ...