Decisions, decisions. If you’re a fly angler, you have lots to make. Yes, there are plenty of different lures on tackle-shop shelves, but not nearly as many as there are different fly patterns in well ...

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.

Despite the algae bloom on the lake’s surface, I could easily see the red-colored head of my fly and behind it the fly’s silver mylar tail. The fact that the fly was large didn’t hurt, but its size ...