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When I first started trout fishing, I was given an invaluable piece of advice: start with dry flies. Talk to any trout angler, and they’ll tell you that fishing with subsurface flies simply catches ...

A few days ago, the trout were rising to midges. I could go into the details of which river, water temperature, weather, and everything else that goes into a day of fly fishing, but for now it’s ...

Tying flies has long been one of my favorite winter activities. I derive much pleasure from crafting a supply of the many fly patterns needed to restock my fly boxes for the upcoming trout season.

I learned a long time ago that I can’t force my dry fly proclivities on the river or the trout, but I could hold out the hope ...

In preparation for a sacred day in the lives of many mid-Michigan outdoors enthusiasts — the trout season opener on Saturday, April 27 — I solicited input from several fly-fishing experts to identify ...

Trout fishing has picked up slightly at both Wildhorse and South Fork with the cooler water temperatures and it should ...

The skwala stonefly hatch on the Yakima River isn’t anything to shout about. No clouds of insect plastering pickup windshields. Even the fly shops don’t pump it up that much compared with outfitters ...

Bank fishermen are catching healthy trout at Ackley Lake and Martinsdale Reservoir. And at Tongue River Reservoir the crappie bite is “terrific.” Many of our river sources said anglers eager to get ...