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 ...

Many anglers believe that using a fly rod offers a practical advantage while fishing trout streams and lakes. It’s true that trout will often take a fly while the lure slingers and bait soakers can’t ...

Winter trout fishing is a funny thing. Some people love it because the crowds are gone, and they can bank on having long stretches of great water all to themselves. Other people hang up the trout gear ...

There are certain fly fishing tips and tricks you pick up along the way that aren't flashy, but they make things easier, set up smoother, and sometimes lead to more fish. You won't often read about ...

Spring is warming and delivering high water to our local waters. Whether you fish the upper Eagle River that is holding clear elevated water levels or the lower Eagle River with muddy color, adjusting ...

Fly fishing has consumed me and given me a life. Even as a hobby, it was something I could get lost in. It challenged me creatively, physically, skillfully, and mentally. It is art, athletics, sport, ...

We fly-fishers really look forward to the fall, with its cool weather and big trout. But when it arrives, it races by at breakneck speed, or at least that’s how it seems to me. Once the streams begin ...

Phil Rowley knows he has a fly line problem. The guide, fly tier and stillwater expert from Edmonton, Alberta, carries about 20 fly lines on his boat when fishing lakes. He packs floating lines, slow ...

Dan Anthon, head guide at The Fly Fishers Place in Sisters, can find something to fish for in central Oregon every day of the year -- barring snow, ice and impassable roads, of course. A few tips, in ...