Michigan is the Great Lakes State, so it makes sense that fishing here is big — really big. In fact, hunting and fishing support more than 70,000 jobs in Michigan and generates about $11.2 billion ...

WOODMOHR, Wis. (WEAU) -Men living with cancer have the chance to share their stories and create new bonds all while learning to fly-fish. The Reel Recovery Midwest Fly-Fishing Retreat is a free, three ...

Watching people try out rods over indoor casting ponds Saturday at the 42nd annual Midwest Fly Fishing Expo in Warren, Dave Mayes used an automotive analogy. "When you test drive a car, it's how the ...

Tom Helgeson, a journalist turned fly-fisherman who became one of the Midwest's most prominent spokesmen for the sport and for conservation, died Friday of complications from lung cancer. He was 71.

The Midwest Fly Fishing Film Showcase is set for Sunday, Jan. 26 at Clyde Iron Works in Duluth and serves as a fundraiser for the local Gitche Gumee Chapter of Trout Unlimited. The funds raised help ...

It’s the first weekend of March in Michigan, and the sound of bagpipes is the main thing I’m listening for — that and the chirping of sparrows. Since neither one can be heard in northern Michigan, we ...

"It's like opening day on the AuSable," said one Saturday show-goer, chuckling at the crowd. SOUTHFIELD Fly fishers casting about for signs of spring caught a big one last weekend at the Midwest Fly ...

Three Northland filmmakers will be featured in the Midwest Fly Fishing Film Showcase set for Sunday at Clyde Iron Works in Duluth. Filmmaker David Cowardin of Duluth presents two films: “Above ...

There is something about fly fishing that clears the mind; it's the only outdoor pursuit I have tried that completely refreshes me. If I am sitting in a duck blind, a deer blind or a boat on a lake, I ...