For many fly fishermen, fly fishing is synonymous with rivers. You go out and walk or drift, cast to rising trout, and watch your fly float gently downstream. However, the reality is that not everyone ...

Trout and trout fishing are most often associated with flowing water—be it big western rivers filled with large browns, rainbows, and cutthroat to tiny mountain streams in the East with native brook ...

Off-colored water can make early-season angling difficult. Fly fishers with skills beyond the swift water know that looking to lakes, ponds and reservoirs can keep you in the game. But fly choices can ...

It’s that time of the year when wet fly fishing for trout is at itsbest. Somehow it’s in between the earlier season of trout fishing with small streamers, nymphs and muddlers and the dry fly fishing ...

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The grass is becoming more prevalent so be prepared to clean off flies every couple of casts. Streamer fishing has been good with buggers in mostly white or olive colors, sizes 4-6. Dry-fly fishing is ...

Stillwater will be the site of the 2026 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener. Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday announced that the event — a way to highlight tourism and angling in the state — will take place ...

Hearing Dave Allbaugh of Wet Fly Waterguides speak at a recent Maryland Trout Unlimited meeting on wet fly fishing on the Gunpowder, I knew I had to return to my “first love,” wet fly/soft hackle ...

Dry-fly fishing didn't become popular until near the end of the 19th century, says Gray. And when it did, a sort of class snobbishness grew around the sport of fly-fishing. Some well-heeled anglers, ...