Make room in your fly box for a few mouse flies. Once you experience the thrill of catching a big trout on a "Mouse," you'll understand the obsession. Here are my two favorite patterns to get you ...

The contemporary iteration of Edward Clarkson Heaney’s 1947 pamphlet ‘Fly-Fishing for Trout and Salmon on the Faughan’ was launched in August. Clarkson Heaney’s gem, a pristine copy of which can ...

Fly-fishing in saltwater is a whole different ball game when compared to fly-fishing for rainbow trout in a freshwater stream. First off, many of the saltwater game fish that attack lures will also ...

Here is a check list of basic tackle you will need, and local tackle shops are great at getting you set up well to get you started. Be sure to visit them before you start fishing ... our trout. Local ...

When ice fishing stocked trout ... In places such as Minnesota's Boundary Waters wilderness, trout are dropped by low-flying helicopters in late fall, waiting for winter and hardy ice anglers ...

This head, because of its weight, carries the fly and pulls the rest of the long, thinner line, what's called the "running" part of the line, with it. The Basics of a Shooting Head Fly Line Think ...

Trout see this fuzzy silhouette on ... like an insect caught in the flow. This is the basic and traditional method of fishing a dry fly. - Skitter: Impart subtle twitches to the fly line as ...

Originating from successful European teams competing in the World Fly-fishing Championships ... through the water column to reach feeding trout, so they are often weighted or have a thin profile. Once ...

Tim Cammisa, of rural Butler County, has penned his second book, “Tying Euro Nymphs and Other Competition Favorites,” which ...

My mother’s boyfriend at the time taught me the basics ... trout maintained through the stocking programs of the few nearby fishing clubs and lodges. David Miner selects an appropriate fly ...

He didn’t catch anything during his fly-fishing excursion, but he hooked a 20-inch rainbow trout and two other trout specimens during a similar outing a year earlier. “I like being outside in ...