Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

Fall is near, but the fish don't know it. It's still summertime fishing, said Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers.

Beaver Lake Summertime tactics are working for striped bass, walleye and catfish, said Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Try for stripers between Point 6 and Beaver Dam. Shad, brood minnows or sunfish are ...

To learn more about how to tie a worm harness or to purchase parts to make your own, visit Gerri Begier, above left, at Bill’s Hooks Tackle Shop on Route 5 just south of Dunkirk. Photo by Forrest ...

Striped bass have an appetite for minnows. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said brood minnows work best, but stripers are biting minnows of any size at least 25 feet deep. Best ...

Kelsey Voss with one of several walleye from her limit-catch while fishing Lake Erie near Dunkirk Harbor. Photo courtesy of Forrest Fisher Each year, when we pull the boat from the cobwebs of winter ...

FATE has always willed that I should fish with fly-fishermen — dry fly at that. My father would unpack all his fishing tackle every spring and examine each item from rods to last fly-feather, even ...