For many anglers, myself included, trout fishing is synonymous with small freestone streams. Dry flies, undiscerning fish, mountain air, complete solitude – sign me up. Unfortunately, these streams ...
A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...
Seasonal changes also play a role in determining which method is more effective. During colder months, when trout are less ...
If you think about fly fishing or river fishing in general, chances are that a brown trout comes to mind. Catching a big brown is the pinnacle for many trout anglers, whether fishing with fly gear or ...
There’s much more to fly fishing than tying on a fly and whipping your line around a pond. Casting, hook setting and reeling all demand a level of finesse that goes beyond what anglers experience when ...
WE’RE FLY FISHING one of the most famous rivers in the most famous place to fly fish for trout in the world—the Lamar River of Yellowstone National Park—and I’m getting skunked. The conditions are ...
Joey Puettman of Sheridan turned his passion for fly-fishing into a career building premium fly fishing rods. He doesn't keep ...
Catching 37 fish in an hour is the stuff of nighttime dreams. It's no fantasy during fall and winter at Roaring River State ...
Photojournalist Derek Olthuis captured some epic footage on a half-frozen lake, where trout were smashing mouse patterns ...