When I sneaked away for a few hours’ fishing on a lower Hudson Valley year-round stream the last Sunday in November, I was hoping to convince a trout or two to eat a nymph. Post-Thanksgiving trout ...

Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to a quarterback.

Unlike bass, which are largely reactive eaters, trout are very specific about what they eat and when they'll eat it. That's why an indolent trout will ignore every nymph in your fly box no matter how ...

Fly fishing Mid-day and later will be best on the Spokane River as well as the Idaho rivers. Blue winged olives and midges will have some fish podded up and feeding early afternoons for a few hours.

Winter brings our lowest and clearest water, which inevitably causes trout to become spookier and more selective. Stealth and ...

Spring arrived for me when the ice left area ponds and streams. Along with the departure of the ice came the arrival of midge hatches. Even more reliable than the first bird of spring is the first fly ...

Streamflow near Cimarron Wednesday morning was 13.4 cubic feet per second (cfs). Fishing for trout was good when using a ...

Discover how late fall and winter offer prime fishing opportunities in Idaho’s rivers. Learn tips to catch trout and whitefish, stay warm, and enjoy the solitude.

A 6- or 7-weight rod with a sink-tip line is ideal for fall streamer fishing. It’s a heavy set-up that helps you turn over ...

Dragonflies are hard to miss. Big, fast, and buzzing over trout streams like little helicopters, they’re the opposite of subtle. If a trout can pick out a size 22 mayfly, it certainly isn’t blind to a ...