fisherman

When the going gets tough, the clever go fishing. Few pastimes connect a person to the natural world like standing in a free-flowing stream casting fo...

Choosing the correct lure style and color can be critical, either making or breaking your day. To address this lure manufacturers make a seemingly end...

Any good fisherman is keenly aware of the importance of using the right bait at the correct time. If you’ve been fishing for years, your tackle collec...

MANCHESTER, Vt. (TNS) — Before long, fly fishermen and women will descend on theBattenkill River, which starts near here in theGreen Mountainsand conn...

Groaning and straining under an armful of wood, I just managed to hook a finder round the door handle and stagger inside. Depositing the wood by the s...

RED HOUSE — A blue-green algae bloom around the Red House Lake shoreline has temporarily closed Red House Beach in Allegany State Park. The bloom, bel...

This has been an unusual spring. Being in the woods every day for the last six weeks scouting and hunting gobblers, I gradually became aware of subtle...

I have spent all my life trying to become a better trout fisherman. This has become a perpetual quest, I guess, a study and a pursuit I dearly love, o...

How times change — and so quickly. Who would have thought the entire country would be forced to confront a deadly disease and essentially shut down to...

When I went to school, and for years after, I’d have a reoccurring dream in which I’d go to class and discover, to my horror, an important paper hadn’...

OLEAN — The Jim Stearns Memorial Rabbit Hunt, held in honor of a longtime member of the Enchanted Mountain Beagle Club, is set for Saturday at the clu...

I was contemplating when to go fishing. Let’s see, Thursday was out, but the next four days were open. Which day would provide the best chance of succ...

From cracking down on reckless drivers in Olean to unsafe boaters on Cuba Lake, from fruits of Olean’s labor heading to the moon to promoting green en...

I am a very fortunate guy. Many my age, born back in the Stone Age before computers, high gas prices and, gasp, the cell phone, find their interest in...

Trout fishermen tried their luck Monday on streams, ponds and lakes throughout New York state for the traditional April 1 trout opener. As is so often...

Everyone anxiously looks forward to spring, tired of winter’s short, cold days, long nights, snow and the general discomfort of leaving your nice, war...

The morning sun beamed down from a pure blue sky unmarred by the shadow of a single cloud. The golden light shined with gentle benevolence on streams,...

A few weeks downstream from his 90th birthday, Joe Humphreys still dreams of future trout, the muscled browns he lost during the fight, and those rare...