Winter can be a truly blissful time to be out on the winter as crowds subside and trout still have to eat! Favorite trout streams that are busy with other anglers suddenly become peacefully silent even though trout lazily slip midges throughout the warmth of midday during the winter months. Snow...
Winter can be an incredibly rewarding time to be out on your favorite trout stream! With fewer people sharing the water, the winter months offer up a fantastic opportunity to enjoy relative solitude and put a few trout in the net. The action typically doesn’t match that of spring and summer,...
Winter on the steelhead streams of the Great Lakes can be a spectacular experience with some truly brutal weather conditions. There’s something romantic about the idea of standing knee-deep in a rushing Lake Erie tributary stream as snow and wind rips across the water. It might not be everyone’s idea of...
Are you a bass fisherman who loves explosive action? How about a fly fisherman who wants to try a different experience than tempting wary out? Do you live in an urban area with smaller ponds and lakes, but with out of the way trout streams? If you fit any of these categories, you...
Fly fishing for Steelhead is a different sorta thing that draws a different sorta person and takes different sorts of gear and tactics. Generally, when an angler is in the river searching for these chrome-cast monsters it is in the months where most folks are figuring what size auger to...
While anglers desperately await the arrival of spring and the hatches that serve as a welcome relief from winter, midges still dominate the late winter months. Bug life often mirrors the weather outside, and rarely do huge mayflies hatch when temperatures are frigid and the snow is pounding. With that in...
When winter sets in, it’s easy to opt for the warmth and comfort of home rather than the harsh conditions outside. The easy decision isn’t always the right one, however, and that’s never been truer than in the case of winter fly fishing in Colorado. Don’t be intimidated by freezing temperatures...
It doesn’t matter how many boxes filled with neatly organized flies we carry with us on the stream. Split shot, strike indicators, spare leaders, and spools of tippet are great accouterments, but none of it translates into finding trout during the harsh of winter. A perfectly weighted rig with beautifully...
After months of staring at tiny midges and praying for warmer weather, anglers are ready for winter to break. At first, winter is a uniquely fun time of year to be out on the water: snow falling and the icy temperatures seem to be worn as badges of honor that only...
Would you rather write the fishing report or read the fishing report? That’s the conundrum for so many anglers during the cold winter months. Sure, the fish are out there and probably willing to eat, but is it really worth it during that snowstorm that brings several inches of snow and...
