Joe Shead There are things you can do to keep from deeply hooking fish. Pinch the barb (or use barbless hooks). This makes fish much easier to unhook. Consider using offset circle hooks in live ...

I tell people fly fishing is a series of educated guesses ... but Gerono does that for rainbow trout as well. He also uses barbless hooks, which minimize any damage to the fish after being ...

photo by Chase McCoy Ken Baldwin is a Writer/Editor for Fishing On SI where he writes stories about fly fishing and the lifestyle that surrounds it. His work has appeared in Catch Magazine ...

Fly fishing can be an intimidating approach to angling. After all, we are not really enticing fish to eat with a food source such as bait. Rather, we are mimicking a natural food source and doing what ...

"We use barbless hooks so there is harm done to the fish ... Sponsors have already come on board to help with teams travel, and the national association, Sport Fly Fishing New Zealand, has awarded a ...

Buying premade barbless hooks saves anglers a ton of time ... prefer octopus hooks for bead fishing when the fish run the rivers. Some fly guys will even use them to tie egg patterns or as the ...

“The central narrative really is about fly fishing, but it’s not simply, hey, here’s a fly. You’re going to hook it to this reel and rod and fish. There are stories among fly fisherman ...

A wide array of boats will be on display and a special Kayak Lake will host sessions on bass and fly fishing ... but while barbless hooks may save a few fish, the abstract reads “differences ...

Regulation is closed to fishing from Jan. 1 to April 30. Catch-and-release only for trout; trout must be immediately released unharmed; no trout may be kept; artificial fly and lure only; ...

(WRIC) — Stormtracker 8 Meteorologist Matt DiNardo was joined by special guest Beau Beasley today to talk about the upcoming Virginia Fly Fishing ... a previous Off the Hook episode about ...

So be careful. The best thing is to buy barbless hooks if you tie your own flies. Fortunately, they are sold in most fly-fishing shops. Barbless flies are available, too. The new proposed regulation ...

But this year, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the region in late September, has brought autumnal tourism to a screeching halt, and the fly-fishing industry in ...