Custom-tied muskie flies -- These gaudy bucktail muskie flies are custom-tied by Brian Porter at Great Lakes Fly Co. Choose your color and size. Price, $10 to $25. Suggested by Great Lakes Fly Co., ...

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Every few years, a new sport fish emerges as the “it” species for fly fishers, a creature that was previously unknown to fly anglers. The list has recently included taimen, golden dorado and mahseer.

The muskellunge fish, or the "musky," is a large, toothy, freshwater member of the pike family. Growing up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 40 pounds, the musky is an aggressive predator and a known ...

BRAINERD, Minn. — “If you’re a very bad person in this life,” hall of fame angler Al Lindner once told me, “your punishment will be casting to muskies for the rest of eternity.” Admittedly, he said ...

When you think of fly fishing, what type of fly lures do you picture? Small ones, about the size of a dime? While these are very common for trout fishing, there has been a growing trend by fly tyers ...

When Robert Thompson first decided to take a video camera along on his fishing trips, it was mostly as a lark and to have something fun to post on a "goofy website" he had created. They were casual ...

HAYWARD, Wis. — The fish of 10,000 casts? As Brad Bohen was preparing to launch his drift boat into Upper Twin Lake in northern Wisconsin, he paused long enough to cast his 9-foot fly rod off the dock ...

The fish’s name is often shortened to muskie, although it is also seen as musky. The Gazette uses muskie because it is found in the newspaper’s dictionary of reference. Esox is the European word for ...