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

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 ...

If you spend much time around fly anglers who pursue trout, you’ll soon be subjected to detailed entomology lessons. Many trout fly anglers love studying aquatic insects because imitating those ...

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 ...

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.

For example, if you’re in about ... Your goal is to get your fly at the correct depth in the water column to run it right past holding trout. When you’re not catching fish, it’s easy to ...

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 ...