For many of us, the classic inline spinner represents the first artificial lure on which we duped a stream-dwelling trout — a ...

Thank God they flick their tails. I’d been hearing one bark for five minutes, but it’s only that ­visual cue that reveals the rodent, flattened and frozen against a hickory 30 yards away. I brace the ...

I’ve got a few tattoos, one of which is a trout—a big hook-jaw brown on my leg. It’s fair to say that trout are my favorite freshwater species, and I’ve been fishing for them since I was a wee tiny ...

My wife and I awoke at 2 a.m. on Tuesday to leave ample time for our 6 a.m. departure from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. After conducting my one and only fishing trip for the week on ...

The number 3 Mepps Aglia spinner was my "go to" bass lure when fishing farm ponds more than 45 years ago. This old favorite has been over-shadowed by many newer bass lure developments over the years, ...

ANTIGO – Mepps makes about 8,000 spinning-lure combinations at its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but if you buy one of its storied spinners with hooks dressed in squirrel-tail, you can ...

Like any fisherman, I have favorite lures. Mine include the Jitterbug, Mepps spinners, Rapalas and the lowly jig. They worked in the 1940s when I starting fishing, and they work today. The Jitterbug ...

It is one of those “if you were stuck on a desert island. . .” questions. Which half-dozen lures would you pick for all fishing? It?s an easy question with no easy answer. Think of fishing for ...