ATHENS—When Bryan Smith of Athens isn’t helping visitors to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) catch fish, he does some fishing on his own. On Friday, May 24, the TFFC volunteer took ...

If I had to venture a guess, I would say that most anglers equate the sport of fly-fishing with the pursuit of various trout species ranging from rainbows to brookies and from cutthroats to the ...

A man in Wayne County, West Virginia, caught a state record channel catfish in the pond on his father's farm in South Charleston using an unexpected rod. John Tyler Rutherford reeled in a ...

In this video, I share my insights from nearly 20 years of rod building, presenting my best design yet. I cover essential ...

The record-breaking drum struck so ferociously that it nearly pulled the rod from its holder. John Gibson, who was fishing in a catfish tournament on the Kanawha River on April 24, told Metro News ...

Cole & Jay fly fished for catfish below a massive river spillway.

Catfish rods must be built to handle a list of tough tasks. They are flexible, lobbing casts that ensure large pieces of live or cut catfish bait remain rigged. They are sensitive, detecting the ...

A Texas angler has reeled in a potential world-record blue catfish. Ben Christensen, of Johnson City, caught the 31.55-pound river monster on Oct. 11 with a 4-weight fly rod, which he says is ...

The following is a press release from the International Game Fish Association: In the June edition of the IGFA Hot News we reported about the February 5th catch and release of a huge 113.5 kg (250 lb ...