Northerns aren’t muskies, so there’s no need to hit the lake with a fly rod that could hoist a Volkswagen. Here's what you actually need ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

There are a few times in the year when fly rods and northern pike meet in the shallows of large reservoirs. Springtime spawning is a welcome arrival after a long winter dealing with ice and snow in ...

FISHING -- Two free fly fishing seminars of interest are comping up at North 40 Outfitters Fly Shop, 170 E. Kathleen Ave. in Coeur d'Alene, presented by Wayne Jordan. Both programs run 6 p.m.-7 p.m.

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

With its pink and white coloring, the large fly was easy to see where it rested just below the surface of the root beer-colored water. Something had bumped the fly seconds before, and now I waited and ...