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 ...

Editor’s note: This is another in a series of favorite flies used by members of Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited. By the time any lingering spring-like days of June are replaced by the summer weather ...

But now even bait has gone high tech. Including the lowly worm, that ground-boring little fish-getter you dug up as a kid. These days a worm is not merely a worm. The baits are specialized, for ...

They seemingly have no head, while living mostly in the dark and underground. Fifty years ago, we were able to collect a summer’s worth of nightcrawlers for fishing in just a single evening. We once ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of having my two youngest grandchildren, ages 4 and 7, visit me. When they arrived, they informed me they wanted to catch fish, not cast for fish, but catch. I was ...