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 ...

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 ...

Gary Keisler isn't a person who likes to sit around doing nothing, which is why he has spent untold hours tying flies and fly fishing since the coronavirus turned the world upside down. "My business ...

I've gotten some strange looks out on the water this spring and summer. People have said things like "what is that rod you're holding?" or "are you catching those white perch on a popping bug?" or ...

Bluegill fishing is another rite of spring along with shad and shallow water bass fishing. This is easy fishing that provides lots of action with fly or spinning tackle. It’s also a great opportunity ...

I'm more than slightly addicted to the boil in the water caused by a bluegill taking my surface fly or struggling against the line. Somebody said, "The bluegill is another wild creature we'd love to ...

I don’t like driving, particularly at night, and I’ve been on the road too much lately. But a recent drive on the interstate did have one pleasant aspect. The crimson clover was blooming. It is among ...

In the heat of summer, I go back to my early days of fly fishing as a teenager. An elderly uncle, Demp Ramsey, taught me the art of fly fishing in the summer of 1977. Demp was his given name, but ...

Fishing%2C shooting schools are flourishing in the USA Some instructors are well-known names in outdoors sports Instructors provide key advice that you might not get from fellow outdoorsmen When I was ...

So, true to my word, this and two following blogs will focus on the different types of flies and when is the best time to use them for our fish here in Mississippi. There are three main types of flies ...