Despite the cold night air, recent daytime temperatures have been very friendly for angling action. The river water hasn’t eclipsed into frigid conditions just yet. Early-morning evidence ...
Streamers are particularly effective in high, stained water and in low light conditions. When visibility drops, a trout relies heavily on its lateral line system to find food. Streamers create ...
Fly Fishing With Big Streamers For Big Smallies During this time of the season, my favorite and most productive ways to catch large smallies are by throwing big streamers. But that by itself is not ...
The evening air in the mountains has already begun to show signs of fall. There is a slight tinge in the leaves. Berries ripe from months on the branch now weigh heavy on the boughs. And the trout in ...
The wedged head of a Drunk & Disorderly creates an action that puts trout in kill mode. (Photo: Joe Cermele) The first time I ever fished a Drunk & Disorderly, I hated the fly. A friend had given the ...
Lisa Bellue of Flies and Guides with a streamer-caught White River brown trout. Submitted photo Fly fishing in winter isn’t top of mind for most outdoors enthusiasts, but this time of year can be ...
Swinging streamers is a criminally underrated method of fishing for trout, and when it comes to brown trout, it can be a total game changer. Brown trout are inherently aggressive eaters, and they’re ...
The hopper-dropper wasn’t working. Not like it should have been. We picked up a few trout—most on small sparkly nymphs suspended under finger-thick foam grasshopper flies—but the water should have ...
The doldrums of summer aren't quite here, which means the smallmouth bite is still on in most of the U.S. If your part of the country hasn't become too hot, then you can still catch smallmouth ...
When you think of streamer fishing, salmon and steelhead likely come to mind. The bulk of a trout’s diet is insects, not the larger prey that streamers imitate – but that doesn’t mean a trout won’t ...