If you get the chance to fish for native brook trout in their home waters, don't pass it up. There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport ...

By Al Raychard Our kind and generous outdoors editor, Susan Bard, recently asked if I do any early season ice fishing for ...

Every time I fish a brook trout stream, I’m reminded why I have such a soft spot for them. I’m a sucker for dry fly eats, and a brook trout hits a dry fly like no other. The best thing about them?

A family of Maine fishermen wants to change regulations that limit certain water bodies in the state to fly fishing only. To that end, plaintiffs Joe Legendre, Justin Legendre, and Samantha Legendre ...

The presence of brook trout says a lot about the condition of a lake, river, or stream. Brook trout are sensitive fish that can only spawn, grow, and survive in clean, cold water. If a body of water ...

In the rugged backwoods and crystal-clear streams of Maine, a battle is brewing over who gets to fish where—and how. A group of everyday anglers from the Legendre family is taking on the state's wild ...

If V. Paul Reynolds could go back to when he was a young man, he would quit his job and spend the spring and early summer traveling throughout the state with a fly rod, a one-man tent and a copy of ...

Bait fish are currently permitted by default in the Adirondack Park, though they are banned in 1,211 ponds. This list runs ...

New York officials released a long-awaited plan to protect Adirondack brook trout ponds for the next 15 years. DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced the final Adirondack Brook Trout Pond Management ...

It was my last day fishing with the “Michigan guys.” I first met them when Joe Sprys invited me to speak and tie flies at the Michigan Fly Fishing Club’s annual banquet. That’s when I learned that a ...