Match the hatch is a common fly-fishing term that means using a fly that matches the naturally available insects on the stream. Other anglers use this exact phrase to discuss using a lure that matches ...

Jeremy Knapp spent two decades of his life as a pastor and as a counselor, but he believes that he received his true calling just one year ago, when he and his wife Krista purchased the Aquatic ...

In fly fishing, a nymph is both an aquatic insect in its larval stage and any fly pattern that mimics it. The three main categories of insects that trout gobble from coast to coast are mayflies ...

Both these insects are effective freshwater fishing bait. For the purposes of this article, they are lumped together because they are similar creatures and attract similar species of fish -- and ...

Over a lifetime of fishing, including a couple decades as ... it was meant to direct anglers to choose imitations of whatever insects happened to be hatching at that point in time.

“When folks were done fishing with their bait ... crayfish reduce the amount of aquatic vegetation, reduce aquatic insect populations and ultimately negatively affect large predators such ...