Throughout much of the East, March can be a tricky time to be on the water thanks to melting snow and constant rain. The extreme cold of winter may be in the rearview mirror, but that doesn’t mean the fishing in early spring is easy! An entire winter’s worth of snow...
There isn’t much that gets an angler’s heart pumping quite like a big trout hammering terrestrials right on the bank, which makes August a month to look forward to each year. In most parts of the country, August is a relatively dead month in terms of heavy bug hatches. Tricos are...
Runoff is one of the more challenging aspects of fly fishing in the West during the months of May, June, and sometimes July. Tranquil streams that were mere trickles all of a sudden surge off steep slopes as snow melts and swells waters from Colorado to Montana. For some anglers,...
While everyone loves to catch wild trout, many anglers have no choice but to target stocked trout thanks to their prevalence and proximity to home. There’s nothing wrong with going after these hatchery-reared fish, but sometimes the flies we use to target them are a bit different than on the...
Spring fly fishing is punctuated by strong hatches that stir trout from their winter slumber and into a feeding frenzy. The warmth of spring stimulates bug life in a big way, and for the first time in months, trout have a variety of insects to choose from to fill their dietary...
Most anglers associate steelhead fishing with the colors of autumn and snows of winter, but there’s great fishing to be had in spring as well! Fall rains swell tributaries of Lake Erie and bring in thousands of steelhead from the depths, and with it, hordes of anglers in search of these...
I fish many stream systems and will admit that my fishing will typically focus on small streams. This means that my dry fly fishing will target some small stream fish, eager to eat large morsels! Dry fly fishing small streams is a blast. Here are my favorite dry flies for chasing...
Spring fly fishing offers wonderful catches for fly anglers to catch trout coming out of their winter lethargicness. As the water begins to warm all sorts of aquatic insects begin to hatch, and with it, a rush of fish activity. It can be hard to select out of the hundreds...
The first sign that summer is truly here has to do with...snow? Yes, snow! More specifically, the melting of snow in the mountains that leads to swollen rivers and streams at lower elevations. It’s quite the time as air temperatures can be in the 80s and 90s while the water...
Trout are rising feverishly all around us as we stare hopelessly into a box of neatly organized dry flies. There have been no willing participants as our caddis, drake, and stonefly imitations have drifted on by without an ounce of attention given by the fish. It’s frustrating, and our flies...
