Chuck Atkins stood waist-deep in chilly water with a fly rod in hand as a predicament spread out before him–dozens of carp feeding vigorously near the Chicago shore of Lake Michigan. For a purist fly ...

Dressed in a short-sleeved shirt, long pants and sneakers, angler Dan Morgan carefully threaded his line through the eyelets of his fly rod in a parking lot next to the Old Erie Canal, just outside of ...

Phil Willmert of Cape Girardeau caught this grass carp on a fly rod on flooded Main Street of Cape Girardeau by Red Star Access on June 5, 2015. The fish measured just over 35 inches. He caught it on ...

The common carp widely is considered to be a "junk fish" in the U.S. even though they were brought here initially for their food value. The carp is pound-for-pound one of the larger and harder fish to ...

Drew Evans holds a carp he caught on a fly rod. He says fly fishing for carp is similar to fishing for saltwater species like permit and tarpon only much closer to home.

Landing a monster carp is every angler's dream, but it takes the right carp fishing rod to make it a reality. The cornerstone of your carp-catching arsenal is undoubtedly your rod and while top-tier ...

As an experienced angler and digital editor at Angling Times, I've spent countless hours on the bank fishing for carp. One of the most crucial decisions you'll make is selecting the right rod, as the ...

While hobbling around on a gimp foot that I broke a few weeks ago, I haven’t been fishing as much as I generally do. Don’t feel too bad for me though. I’ve still been getting out there twice a week on ...