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BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.

After our guide cut the outboard, I grabbed my fly rod, stepped up to the bow deck, and surveyed the scene. It had been a long, exhausting journey from my home in New York to way-way-way-northern ...

Famed for its spectacular trout fishing, Montana’s Bighorn River recently gave Kansas City, Mo., fly angler Nathan Diesel a big, toothy surprise — a 38-inch, 16-pound northern pike.

"I don't know if I heard something or what, but when I went back to pick up the fly again and started stripping it back in, there was a huge pike on the line," he said. "It was a very big pike." A few ...

Northern pike fishing is excellent at Williams Fork Reservoir, as Andy Yutzy can attest. Casting from a boat, he had already caught and released three smaller pike before hooking a monster last week ...

If you're interested in taking your fishing game beyond just using any old rod with a worm, you need to look at specific details that help the beginner succeed.

Dec. 6—BEMIDJI — Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.