Fly reels for trout fishing serve two main roles: To hold your fly line and backing and to have a drag capable of tiring out a fish during a fight. Pairing the right reel with your fly rod will help ...

Fly reels used to play second fiddle to rods, at least in the fly-fishing world. Volumes have been written about the nuances of bamboo, fiberglass, and graphite fly rods. But the reel? “It’s just a ...

Kevin Bohemier, of Baldwinsville, holds up an impressive, 25-plus inch rainbow trout he recently caught from shore at Lourdes Camp on Skaneateles Lake. He wrote: "I was fishing with Dad on Veteran's ...

Congratulations to Hailey Thomas of Rigby on landing a new catch-and-release state record from Henrys Lake. Hailey hooked the 36-inch long monster rainbow/cutthroat hybrid on Oct. 4 while fishing with ...

Sophi Egizi not only reeled in a giant Gerrard rainbow trout, she also set the Idaho catch-and-release record. The 8-year-old from Sandpoint wrangled up the 36.5-inch fish while trolling flies on Lake ...

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (KABC) -- A pair of lucky fishermen reeled in some big fish in Big Bear over the weekend worth some major money. The anglers participated in the annual Fishin' for $50K Trout ...

In today's viral video: A young couple in Idaho is out ice fishing with their 2-year-old daughter when Dad hooks a whopper of a rainbow trout, finally pulling him up through the hole in the ice.