On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a brown trout in a cedar tree. Translation: my wife signed off on a pre-Christmas streamer trip. I love winter fly fishing for trout. It’s ...
From trolling spinners for weed walleye, to swinging streamers for big browns, to frog fishing for summer bass, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on ...
Brown trout are famous for their aggression towards streamers, and much of that comes in the fall. They’re spawning right now – which means they’re territorial, fired up, and ready to chase anything ...
Lisa Bellue of Flies and Guides with a streamer-caught White River brown trout. Submitted photo Fly fishing in winter isn’t top of mind for most outdoors enthusiasts, but this time of year can be ...
The wedged head of a Drunk & Disorderly creates an action that puts trout in kill mode. (Photo: Joe Cermele) The first time I ever fished a Drunk & Disorderly, I hated the fly. A friend had given the ...
It made no sense. It was midsummer in the Northern Rockies, and the water was so clear you had to blink twice to convince yourself that there was any in the river bed at all. The stream-side brush was ...
LIVINGSTON — There's no better time to be out on a river in Montana than autumn — even this year, when there isn't quite so much river out there. Streamer time has just begun for fly fishermen on ...
Despite the cold night air, recent daytime temperatures have been very friendly for angling action. The river water hasn’t eclipsed into frigid conditions just yet. Early-morning evidence ...
Leaves tumbling in the river’s current provoke thoughts of kype-jawed brown trout hiding beneath cut banks. A caddis dry fly will not provoke brute browns into showing their face. Autumn demands ...
I’M JACK KEENAN GREG WAGNER PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WITH NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS. WE ARE GOING FISHING THIS WEEKEND GREG. THE WEATHER’S BEEN GREAT LATELY. IT HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. BUT WE’LL TAKE IT.
Trout fishing Listen to Wayne Walts, owner of the Troutfitter, a fly fishing specialty shop in Syracuse, talk about the CNY fly fishing scene going into this weekend. Lake Ontario Near shore brown ...
When the weather and water temps start dropping, most trout anglers break out the tiny flies. Fishing midges deep in the water column is a great way to catch trout in the colder months, but it’s not ...