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 ...

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.

Anglers who follow the calendar, yearning for the next fly-fishing challenge, look ahead to ice off. When the ice thins and begins to recede on lakes and reservoirs, fly fishers get first shots at ...

DEVILS LAKE--Nathan Lafleur says it never entered his mind to keep the massive northern pike he caught Wednesday evening while fly fishing from shore along a shallow bay of Devils Lake. Nathan Lafleur ...

John Dunn grew up in South Carolina and was used to catching catfish, crappie and different kinds of bass. It was a pastime he remembers doing ever since he was a little boy. When he moved to ...

A 14-year-old angler hooks the same 43-inch pike on two different rods during a chaotic, unforgettable night on Nelson Lake in Hayward. The author at 14-years-old, hooked a giant Northern ...