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?
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 ...
I tangled my line, caught rocks and cast so haphazardly that fish miles away must have heard me. But there’s a reason it’s ...
ALL-STAR CAST: Matt Barnes, a guide for Asheville Fly Fishing Co., fishes in the Watauga River. Photo by Emma Johnson “For the native trout,” Chamberlain wrote, “grand as he is, does not take kindly ...
Looking at the stretch of Michigan’s Jordan River I was wading, it was tough to believe it was teeming with wild brook trout. The shallow, ultraclear flow wasn’t very wide. It was fully lit by the ...
One day, my friend Pete Fleischman was driving in the sand country of central Wisconsin when a couple of Huck Finn look-alikes popped out of the trees. They were carrying fishing rods and something ...
- Every Orvis podcast is worth listening to, but terrestrial fishing is particularly exciting. - Podcast: Late Summer Terrestrials, with Jenny Mayrell-Woodruff - If you're going to film a trout ...
Growing up in New England, I was a generalist predator, at least when it came to fishing. Bluegills, sunfish, bullheads, bass, it didn’t matter. I pursued all with equal enthusiasm. Still, in my mind ...
"Looking at the stretch of Michigan’s Jordan River I was wading, it was tough to believe it was teeming with wild brook trout. The shallow, ultraclear flow wasn’t very wide. It was fully lit by the ...