Idaho state fisheries officials, for example, note that hybridization ... be more gullible than other trout species. During an obvious hatch, it pays to match your fly to the naturals that are ...

Off-colored water can make early-season angling difficult. Fly fishers with skills beyond the swift water know that looking ...

As water clarity and vegetation color shifts with the seasons, trout adjust right alongside them. A neat example: trout tend to darken in the fall to match decaying leaves and brighten in the ...

I moved to Pittsfield in 1990 and first met The Trout Whisperer in 1992 at the World’s Greatest Fly-Fishing Show in New Jersey. The Trout Whisperer — we’ll call him T.W. from here on out — was showing ...

With thousands of fly patterns available these days, finding ones you can rely on day in and day out becomes daunting. Every ...

You will get wet! Trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains is a blast. For years I have enjoyed wading in the cool mountain ...

Riffles are essential to the productivity of a trout stream. They provide oxygen, food, and habitat for spawning.

Matthew Baldwin caught and released this superb example of a wild brown trout from a little creek near his hometown of Utica, his first time fishing it in years even though he’s there during ...