I am a strictly catch and release angler. There are a number of reasons for this. First of all, with the exception of fish and chips down at the pub, I don't like eating fish. My father always told me that, if I killed a fish (or any other animal for that matter), I had an ethical obligation to clean it and eat it.



With the possible exception of fly-fishing anglers, I think that bass anglers are the most conservation minded anglers around. Bass anglers may have been the first group… Continue

I recently had an opportunity to spend a wekend bass fishing with a good friend who also happens to be a staunch fly-fisherman. I was interested in comparing the two techniques and their effectiveness on bass.



We were fishing out of a 16' side console fishing boat. My buddy "McFly" was on the trolling motor and I was in the back.



The first thing about bass fishing out of a boat with a fly-fisher is that they take up a lot of airspace with false casting. I found myself… Continue