If you’re looking for giant fish or huge numbers of fish, small stream trout fishing probably isn’t for you. Small streams require technical fishing, patience, and the willingness to get excited about ...

If you’re fishing right after it’s rained and the water is stained, fair enough, but throwing dries to small stream trout is one of the true joys of fly fishing. Here are the five basic flies to start ...

Few anglers would argue with the idea that rainbow, brown, and brook trout are the best-known, most widespread, and most sought-after trout in North America. While cutthroat trout might not get all ...

Leave the fly rod and grab the muck boots. For an interesting take on brook trout angling, make for the hardwoods instead of the main stream. These quick tips on catching small creek, under the radar ...

Nearly a year ago, Weston Sagdalen walked away from the Three Rivers Outdoor Expo & Trout Classic with a 5-weight fly rod, perfect for most fishing around here. Last Monday, the teen fishing fanatic ...

While some states still have formal trout openers, most allow year-round fishing so anglers can get out there even during the depths of winter. Although trout need cold water to survive, when water ...

A big part of my plan for this summer is to spend more time fishing small streams with the goal of simplifying my fly fishing. It’s easy to have all kinds of expectations when you set this kind of ...

Casting a limber fly rod is the only way to get a fish on the line for lots of anglers. Yet there are hold outs who think fly fishing is difficult, expensive and some kind of elite angling sport.

Chasing wild browns in one of the most underrated trout fishing regions in the country.

YEAR. WADING MOUNTAIN STREAMS, HIKING TO. NEW WATERS. LOOKING FOR NEW PLACES TO CAST A FLY. OFFER SOME RESPITE FROM MODERN DAY SOCIETY. THOSE ARE WORDS FROM AUTHOR MIKE. WATTS’S NEW BOOK, RIVERBANK ...