As the summer months approach, dreams of small stream trout fishing resurface. In most parts of the country, alpine streams won’t even be reachable until May or June – unless you’ve got a pair of ...

If you’re looking for giant fish or huge numbers of fish, small stream trout fishing probably isn’t for you. Small streams require technical fishing, patience, and the willingness to get excited about ...

Fly fishing is a gear-intensive sport. Rods, reels, waders, packs, flies, and hundreds of other little gadgets help anglers find fish, cast to fish, and catch fish. But this long list of equipment can ...

YEAR. WADING MOUNTAIN STREAMS, HIKING TO. NEW WATERS. LOOKING FOR NEW PLACES TO CAST A FLY. OFFER SOME RESPITE FROM MODERN DAY SOCIETY. THOSE ARE WORDS FROM AUTHOR MIKE. WATTS’S NEW BOOK, RIVERBANK ...

I couldn’t, in good conscience, make the claim that Eastern fly fishermen are better at catching trout than Western fly anglers. When you really break it down, you can either present a nymph, dry, or ...

My definition of a feeder stream is a small stream that feeds or flows into or out of a large river or lake. I thought about this as I was fly fishing in a small stream that flows into the Gallatin ...

The modern-day trout angler has a vast array of fly rods to choose from. As someone who’s spent far too much time in fly shops looking at and thinking about all these options, I understand how ...

Fly-fishing enthusiast Andrew Frelock, left, and his brother Nick were part of the six-man team to install the FlyBraries along Eighteenmile Creek angler access areas. Photo courtesy of Gerald ...