"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning ...

Ask Ed Lombardo about the best striped bass he’s ever caught on a flyrod and you can almost hear the snapshots of moments clattering through his memory. The stories generally all start in the same ...

Going after heavyweight striped bass at Beaver Lake is a challenge for any angler. The ultimate test is catching these finned torpedoes with a fly rod. A striper weighing in the range of 20 pounds is ...

Surf fishing and flyfishing are both challenging. It might be easy to assume, then, that combining the two would present the ultimate angling test. But in reality, it’s a lot less daunting than many ...

From tailraces below dams to vast reservoirs, here’s how to find, target, and land trophy striped bass across the Southeast. Being from New England I had never experienced freshwater striped bass ...

I’m paraphrasing here, but I get this a lot via DM and email: _Hey Joe, I’m headed to the beach with the family this summer and I want to catch striped bass . Where should I go and what should I bring ...

When starting out in the world of fishing, the need for a high-quality, budget-friendly rod applies to both conventional angling and fly fishing. While there will be plenty of other tackle and gear ...

When the water is high and muddy in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and Delta sloughs like it has been after the recent winter storms, the Port of Sacramento and Sacramento Deep Water Ship ...

Trying to narrow down hundreds of striped bass lures to the top 25 is like trying to name the 25 best rock songs of all time. The list changes based on countless variables, like time, place, ...