Swinging streamers by far is one of my favorite ways to fly fish for big trout. The classic bunny leech has caught me more big trout than any other pattern in my fly box. Along the way, I have learned ...

To fly fish for trout effectively, it’s important to be familiar with the food sources that your flies are designed to imitate. Many of the best trout anglers double as amateur entomologists, studying ...

Streamers are particularly effective in high, stained water and in low light conditions. When visibility drops, a trout relies heavily on its lateral line system to find food. Streamers create ...

When you're used to fly fishing in the bubbling riffles, foam-covered pools, and easy-to-see buckets and pockets of small streams, going to fish a big river can feel intimidating. Like a barren desert ...

How and when to twitch your dry flies to catch more trout.

Gas pedal to the floor. Dick Cheney by his side. Joe Humphreys is nervous. Cheney and a former secretary of the Navy are in the car while Humphreys is driving 90 mph like only a longtime resident of ...

For consistent winter trout fishing, midges like the Zebra Midge (sizes 18-22) are essential since they're a reliable winter hatch. For versatile nymphing, the Hare's Ear (sizes 12-16) works in most ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – Every fall, about the time most outdoors enthusiasts across the Northland put away their rods and reels and set their sights on hunting, Steve Young gets serious about fly fishing.