We tend to believe that the trout swimming in our rivers now are smarter than the ones that were swimming there 25 or even ...

We tie a fly to our leader and proceed to fish and that’s OK. But have you ever been curious enough to wonder how our flies compare to what trout actually eat, or what may trigger a trout to take our ...

With deft oar strokes, Bill Stranahan steered his high-prowed Clackacraft through the first set of shoals below the put-in. I stood behind him, legs braced for balance in the rear of the gently ...

More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

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We fly-fishers really look forward to the fall, with its cool weather and big trout. But when it arrives, it races by at breakneck speed, or at least that’s how it seems to me. Once the streams begin ...