On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a brown trout in a cedar tree. Translation: my wife signed off on a pre-Christmas streamer trip. I love winter fly fishing for trout. It’s ...

Fly fishing for trout can be one of the most rewarding and exciting outdoor pursuits there is. It can also be one of the most frustrating. I often hear people who don’t fly fish talk about how ...

The cutthroat trout surfaced 100 feet below me, in a slick run where the creek worked its way along a steep talus slope. The fish was out of reach, for the moment. I had just broken out of dark timber ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...

The modern-day trout angler has a vast array of fly rods to choose from. As someone who’s spent far too much time in fly shops looking at and thinking about all these options, I understand how ...

"Go to water you know in the morning, explore new water mid-day, and go to water north of I-90 in the evening, so you can get home before midnight." "If there’s no hatch, a purple prince charming. You ...

WINNECONNE (WLUK) -- Trout fishing enthusiasts gathered in Winneconne today. They participated in the 20th annual Trout Fest. The event featured various informational booths with trout fishing and fly ...

Editor's note: This was originally published in 2017. ASHEVILLE - It’s not a large fish, the brook trout, sometimes called a “brookie” or a speckled trout. A respectable catch, one worthy of a ...

This being a Leap Year, anglers have had to wait one more day for several lakes in the region to open for fishing. The first of March has traditionally been the day dozens of lakes in the Columbia ...